<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3576"><span>Hi,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3588"><br><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3595"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596">I have just added what is known as "leaflet maps" (probably due to the symbol used to display a location on the map) on the display of LUQ's data sets metadata.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3645"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3646"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596">As an example, please visit <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3649" href="http://luq.lternet.edu/data/luqmetadata1">http://luq.lternet.edu/data/luqmetadata1</a> and scroll down to the map of research sites where the data for this data set were gathered.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3894" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3919" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596">My next step is to achieve a dynamic map that displays all research sites or research areas that </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596">when hovered</span>, each gives a list of data sets whose data are taken in the area.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3706" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3707" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596">Please be aware that for many of these locations, I used Google Map to get the coordinates and not a GPS. I based my choice on the description of the site made by the investigator/owner of the data set, a location as annotated by a field technician, and/or nearby sites with well established locations.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3756" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3770" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596">Ideally, we should go to the</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596"> field with a GPS and read the exact coordinates. Maybe we could do a special project to achieve that BUT, in lack of an ideal world we take whatever technology and logic provides us...</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3839" dir="ltr"><br><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3840" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596">Let me know if you have any comments/recommendations for this.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3852" dir="ltr"><br><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3863" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596">Thanks.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_4034" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3596">EDA<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3647"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443220229573_3648" class="signature">Eda C. Melendez Colom
Information Manager
LTER Program
University of Puerto Rico
Tel. (787) 764-0000 (1-4943)
Fax (787) 772 -1481</div></div></body></html>