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The Census of Marine Life was a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans.  The world's first comprehensive census of the past, present, and future of life in the oceans was released in October 2010.

 

Who has access to comlmaps.org?

Information on comlmaps.org can be in two states: public or private. Public information can be seen by the world. Private information can only be seen by site members who have logged in. But not all private information can be see by all site members.

Accounts

Most Census projects have at least one researcher with access to this site, but we can add as many people as you need for collaboration. Accounts for the comlmaps.org website are created by the Census of Marine Life Mapping and Visualization team. To request an account, email the team at info@comlmaps.org with your name, preferred login name, and Census affiliation

. We will mail you back when your account is ready.

 

What can I upload to Comlmaps?

It's easy to add pages to the Comlmaps website and edit them within your browser. Web-friendly image files (.gif, .jpg, .png) can be uploaded and added to pages. External documents, such as MS Word Documents and PDFs, can be uploaded as well, if they are of reasonable size  (under 50 megabytes). The site can host and stream mulitmedia like Flash video or Quicktime, but it is best to contact the M&V team about adding this type of content.

 

Private content

New pages created on comlmaps.org begin in the private state, and take on the restrictions of the folder where they are created. Most Census members will be sharing data in the Workspaces area, where folders are restricted to their project group. Private content is marked in red in the leftside navigation panel and in folder listings:

private and public data

 

Red content is invisible to people outside your group, even if they are logged into the site. In this example, only members of the Mapping and Vis group can see the folders Look & Feel and Public Presentation, Web-based visualization, Animation.  Notice that the light-green editing frame is also gone when another website member looks at this part of the site.

 red files are hidden

 

 

Public content

If you have put content on the site that you want to share with the world, you can publish it using the "State" menu on the light-green editing toolbar.

changing state

Published files can be seen by anyone on the Internet, and will be indexed by search engines. Choosing "Submit for publication" puts a file in "Pending" state. It is marked orange, but still hidden. While this doesn't affect it's availability, it is useful if you'd like to mark work as complete, and want others in your group to proofread it before making it public.

 

 

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