More providers being added ...

10 July 2007. We are in the process of reconnecting all of the original Fishnet partners. Of the original 29 partner institutions, 12 resources (11 providers) are back online while discussions and troubleshooting to get the remaining partners online are ongoing. We are also investigating the addition of additional resources that have DiGIR providers available. See the search page for a listing of available resources.

FishNet 2 Beta portal up

4 July 2005. The FishNet 2 website has a new look and feel! The search portal page is functional, connecting 5 providers, with two more to be added soon. It will be presented by Ed Wiley at the ASIH annual conference in Tampa Bay on Saturday, July 8th, 2005.

Schedule for FishNet 2 servers installation

30 March 2005. An updated schedule is now posted for server installations. The FishNet 2 project is collaborating with HerpNet and OrNIS in the installation of DiGIR providers in shared participating institiutions. Programmers Robert Gales, Steve Perry, and John Wieczorek will be visiting all partners in need of software packages and upgrades.

GEOLocate - Georeferencing tool

4 Feb 2005. GEOLocate is a software developed by Henry L. Bart and Nelson E. Rios of Tulane University that derives geospatial coordinates from textural description of collection localities. Currently, it is being used in over 100 collections to aid in georeferencing. The software is currently being integrated with the DiGIR package and will be implemented in all FishNet 2 servers.

New programmer on board

24 January 2005. Welcome to the new addition to the FishNet team, Steven M. Perry. Steve is a software engineer with experience in both commercial software development and applied computer science research. He specializes in object-oriented design, distributed application development, and XML-related technologies. Prior to joining the FishNet effort, Steve worked on the Biogeoinformatics of Hexacorals.

FishNet down - Upgrading to FishNet 2

December 2004. FishNet 2 features the integration of the new Distributed Generic Information Retrieval (DiGIR) protocol. DiGIR is a simpler, XML-based replacement for the Z39.50 protocol used in the original FishNet. It is currently being used in other distributed database projects like MaNIS, OrNIS, HerpNET, GBIF, and OBIS. All FishNet 2 partners will be set up with a server with the DiGIR software package installed. Some collections can still be accessed through the GBIF portal.

FishNet Continues to Grow

22 May 2003. We are please to announce that several new partners have joined the consortium or have recently made their data available through FishNet and TSA. A complete list of current partners may be viewed on the FishNet partner page. Access to more than 1.6 million lots of fishes are now available.

DesktopGARP

22 May 2003. Some of you may have tried Garp, the Generic Algorithm for Rule Production, developed by David Stockwell of the San Diego Computer Center. Briefly, GARP uses environmental data and collection data to build niche models that can then be projected onto geography. The KU Biodiversity Research Center now made available a desktop version of GARP.