Some notes to self about future directions for the "million DNA barcodes map" http://iphylo.org/~rpage/bold-map/. At the moment we have an interactive map that we can pan and zoom, and click on a marker to get a list of one or more barcodes at the location. We can also filter by major taxonomic group. Here are some ideas on what could be next. Search At the moment search is simply browsing the map.

For a current project I'm currently working I show organism distributions using data from GBIF, and I display that data on a map that uses the equirectangular projection.

I started this blog with the goal of documenting my own efforts to make a database of evolutionary trees, based on ideas sketched in hdl:10.1038/npre.2007.1028.1. I've felt that the major task is link phylogenies to other information, such as taxon names, specimens, localities, images, publications, etc. That is, to embed trees in a broader context.