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href="#sra-species">Sensitive or Restricted Access species</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="534" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="535" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="536" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="537" dir="ltr" href="#sra-lists">Sensitive or Restricted Access species lists at the ALA</a></span></span><ul data-identifyelement="538"><li data-identifyelement="539" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 20px; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="540" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="541" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="542" href="#ssp-info">Displaying sensitive species information</a></span></span></li></ul></li><li data-identifyelement="543" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="544" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="545" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="546" href="#faq">FAQs</a></span></span><span data-identifyelement="547" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="548" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="549"></span></span><span data-identifyelement="556" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="557" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="558" dir="ltr" href="#non-specific"></a></span></span><ul data-identifyelement="532"><li data-identifyelement="555" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 20px; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="552" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="553" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="554" dir="ltr" href="#location">Which species in a specific location are on threatened or migratory lists?</a></span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="555" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 20px; font-size: 14px;"><a dir="ltr" href="#non-specific">How do I make the location of my sighting non-specific?</a></li></ul></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><p data-identifyelement="559" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="560"></p><p data-identifyelement="561" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="562"></p><p data-identifyelement="563" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="564" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="565" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span data-identifyelement="533" dir="ltr">The Atlas of Living Australia provides information and manages data on threatened species, sensitive or restricted access species based on advice from Commonwealth, state and territory agencies as well as certain data custodians. It’s important to understand the difference between them, how they are handled at the ALA and how they can be correctly used. </span></span></span><br data-identifyelement="566"><br data-identifyelement="567"></p><p data-identifyelement="568" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="569" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="570" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="571"></span></span></p><h2 data-identifyelement="572" id="thr-spp" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="573" style="font-size: 24px;"><span data-identifyelement="574" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="575" dir="ltr">Threatened and migratory species</strong></span></span></h2><p data-identifyelement="576" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="577" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="578" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="579"></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="580" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="581" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="582" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="583" href="https://www.iucn.org/"></a><a data-identifyelement="584" href="http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicthreatenedlist.pl?wanted=fauna"></a></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="534"><span data-identifyelement="535" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Many factors can be used to determine a species' conservation status (including their status as threatened, migratory or marine), such as: how many individuals are left, population trends over time, known threats, and breeding success. There are global systems for recognising conservation status: the </span><span data-identifyelement="536" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="537" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="538" href="https://www.iucn.org/">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a> (IUCN) <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Red List</a> is the most well-known. </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="539" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="540" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="541" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="542" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="543" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="544" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Australia is also a signatory to international treaties that protect biodiversity. Two important overarching agreements are the <a href="https://www.cbd.int/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Convention on Biological Diversity</a> and the <a href="https://cites.org/eng" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species</a><strong data-identifyelement="546"> </strong>(also known as CITES). There are also a number of <a href="https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/biodiversity/migratory-species/migratory-birds" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">agreements protecting migratory birds</a>: the <a href="https://www.cms.int/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Bonn Convention</a>, the <a href="https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1981/6.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Japan-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement</a>, the <a href="https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1988/22.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement</a> and the <a href="https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/2007/24.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Republic of Korea-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement</a>.</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="552" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="553" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="554" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="555"><span data-identifyelement="556" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Within Australia, there is legislation at Commonwealth level and within each state and territory to conserve and protect Australia’s native species. Each jurisdiction maintains a list of threatened species that are subject to special measures of protection. In most jurisdictions, there are separate lists for terrestrial and marine species. For more details on the legislation, visit the websites of the relevant state and territory agencies.</span></p><p data-identifyelement="589" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="590" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="591" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="592"></span></span></p><h2 data-identifyelement="593" id="thr-spp-ala" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="594"><span data-identifyelement="595" style="font-size: 24px;"><span data-identifyelement="596" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="597" dir="ltr">Threatened and migratory species in the ALA</strong></span></span></h2><p data-identifyelement="598" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="599" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="600" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="601"></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="557"><span data-identifyelement="558" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The ALA shows species conservation status by each jurisdiction, and according to international migratory bird agreements. This status is shown under the species page for a given species and threatened species lists are also available from our </span><span data-identifyelement="559" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="560" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="561" dir="ltr" href="https://lists.ala.org.au/public/speciesLists?&sort=itemsCount&order=desc&isAuthoritative=eq:true&max=100&listType=eq:CONSERVATION_LIST">conservation status-related lists</a>.</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="562" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="563" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="564" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="565"><span data-identifyelement="566" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">We display conservation information on our species pages with an icon for each state that the species is listed on. Let’s use <a data-identifyelement="567" href="https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https:/biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4cb195fd-b127-44cb-ad85-a62d224e9a96"><em data-identifyelement="568">Lathamus discolor</em></a> (Swift Parrot) as an example, critically endangered in Australia and the ACT, and Endangered in NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC (Figure 1). </span></p><p data-identifyelement="607" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="641"><br data-identifyelement="642"><span data-identifyelement="643" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="644" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/6186909778/original/vliQ7Chw23JDByrR24BnV4GnJge0p40znA.png?1699330275" style="width: auto;" class="fr-fil fr-dib" data-attachment="[object Object]" data-id="6186909778" alt="screenshot of Swift Parrot species information page on ALA, showing the various conservation statuses that apply. Each status appears as a coloured icon with the state/territory or 'Aus' indicated"></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="646" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></p><p data-identifyelement="650" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="651"><span data-identifyelement="652" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="653" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Figure 1. <em data-identifyelement="654">Lathamus discolor</em> (swift parrot) conservation status</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="655" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="656"></p><p data-identifyelement="655" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="569"></p><p data-identifyelement="570"><span data-identifyelement="571" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">As the ALA only derives and displays the lists at various points in time, users should always remember that the most reliable source of information remains the list provided by the relevant Commonwealth, State or Territory agency.</span></p><p data-identifyelement="572" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="573" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="574" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="575" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="576" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="577" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is equally important to note that the taxonomy that the ALA uses is based on the <a href="https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">National Species List</a> maintained by the<a href="https://www.dcceew.gov.au/science-research/abrs" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"> Australian Biological Resources Study</a>. There are sometimes differences between the scientific names accepted by a state or territory and those accepted nationally. Both the name provided by the agency and the ALA name are shown in the conservation status-related lists.</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="578" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="579" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="580" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="581"><span data-identifyelement="582" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Lastly, the ALA displays the status as provided by an agency. For example, the tiger quoll (<em data-identifyelement="583">Dasyurus maculatus</em>) has a number of sub-species, such as <em data-identifyelement="584">Dasyurus maculatus maculatus.</em> If an agency has listed <em data-identifyelement="585">Dasyurus maculatus</em> as threatened at species level, then the listing will not be shown at the subspecies level of <em data-identifyelement="586">Dasyurus maculatus maculatus</em> (and vice versa).</span></p><p data-identifyelement="655" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></p><p data-identifyelement="655" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></p><p data-identifyelement="655" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="587"></p><h2 data-identifyelement="661" id="sra-species" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="662" style="font-size: 24px;"><span data-identifyelement="663" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="664" dir="ltr">Sensitive or Restricted Access species</strong></span></span></h2><p data-identifyelement="655" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="588"></p><p data-identifyelement="589"><span data-identifyelement="590" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many agencies withhold or generalise the exact location of Sensitive or Restricted Access Species. These are species where a conservation agency or data custodian have decided that the exact location of records cannot be made public. This may be for a variety of reasons including sensitivity to disturbance and exploitation, the risk of causing harm to life and property, or economic sensitivity. There is a <a href="https://rasd.org.au/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">National Framework on Restricted Access Species Data</a><a href="https://rasd.org.au/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><strong data-identifyelement="591"><a href="https://rasd.org.au/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></strong> which talks about the different types of species data that are affected, how this data is treated and how it may be requested.</span></p><p data-identifyelement="592" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span data-identifyelement="593" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="594" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="595"><span data-identifyelement="596" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All states and territories in Australia maintain lists of Sensitive or Restricted Access species. A species does not need to appear on a conservation list or even be native to be considered a sensitive species, however, there is overlap. Several other organisations also maintain lists of sensitive species, including <a data-identifyelement="597" href="https://birdata.birdlife.org.au/sensitive-species">Birdlife Australia</a>, <a data-identifyelement="598" href="https://ebird.org/news/sensitive-species-in-ebird">eBird</a> and <a data-identifyelement="599" href="https://www.frogid.net.au/">FrogID</a>. <br data-identifyelement="600"> </span></p><p data-identifyelement="655" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="657"><span data-identifyelement="658" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="659" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="660"></span></span></p><h2 data-identifyelement="661" id="sra-lists" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="662" style="font-size: 24px;"><span data-identifyelement="663" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="664" dir="ltr">Sensitive or Restricted Access species lists at the ALA</strong></span></span></h2><p data-identifyelement="665" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="666" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="667" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="668"></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="669" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="670" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="671" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="672" href="https://lists.ala.org.au/public/speciesLists?isSDS=eq%3Atrue"></a></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="601"><span data-identifyelement="602" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The ALA generalises data based on State and Territory Sensitive and Restricted Access Species lists as well as data from <a href="https://birdlife.org.au/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">BirdLife Australia</a> based on their sensitive species list. </span><br data-identifyelement="673"><br data-identifyelement="674"></p><p data-identifyelement="675" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="676" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="677" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We run data sensitivity checks as part of the data upload process. Depending on the nature of the sensitivity, records are either: </span></span></p><ol data-identifyelement="678" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li data-identifyelement="679" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="680" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="681" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Withheld (e.g. Wollemi Pine) </span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="682" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="683" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="684" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Geographic coordinates and sightings are generalised to 10km</span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="685" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="686" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="687" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Geographic coordinates and sightings are generalised to 1km</span></span></li></ol><p data-identifyelement="603"><br data-identifyelement="604"></p><p data-identifyelement="605"><span data-identifyelement="606" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">You can find the list of species that are generalised in the ALA on our </span><span data-identifyelement="607" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="608" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a data-identifyelement="609" href="https://lists.ala.org.au/public/speciesLists?isSDS=eq%3Atrue">sensitive species lists</a>. </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="611" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="612" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="613" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="614" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="615" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="616" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ALA plots observation records using decimal latitude and longitude, eg 34.874 degrees south and 124.234 degrees east. Based on advice from agencies or data custodians, the ALA generalises data by 1km or 10 km by removing decimals from the latitude and longitude. If a point was generalised to 10km in the example above, the latitude and longitude would become 34.8 degrees south and 124.2 degrees east.</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="617" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="618" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="619" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="620" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="621" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="622" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some records are simply withheld. The ALA generally does not hold these records.</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="623" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="624" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="625" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="626"><span data-identifyelement="627" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The <a href="https://service.rasd.org.au/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Restricted Access Species Data Service</a> provides a convenient mechanism for approved users to request these data from data custodians for agreed uses such as research and government conservation assessment. </span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="688" dir="ltr" id="ssp-info" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="690"><span data-identifyelement="691" style="font-size: 16px;"><span data-identifyelement="692" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="693">Displaying sensitive species information</strong></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="694" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="695" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="696" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="697"></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="698" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="699" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="700" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When looking at an occurrence record of a sensitive species, you will be informed that the record has been modified and information is being withheld. Figure 2 shows the information displayed for a sensitive species. This text will vary depending on the level of sensitivity as outlined above. In this example, information from certain fields are listed as being withheld, such as <em data-identifyelement="629" dir="ltr">locality</em>, <em data-identifyelement="630" dir="ltr">locationRemarks</em>, and <em data-identifyelement="631" dir="ltr">habitat, </em>and the coordinates are rounded to 0.1 degrees.</span></span><br data-identifyelement="701"><br data-identifyelement="703"></p><p data-identifyelement="704" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="705" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="706" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="707"></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="708" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="709" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="710" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img width="468" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/6165206596/original/hSeu1SI-zKchfis6lZHq1ajpIDpSmrfiAA.png?1668119747" alt="table with fields 'information withheld' and 'data generalizations', with entries indicating that information has been withheld and data have been generalised (rounded to 0.1 degrees)" class="fr-fic fr-dii" data-attachment="[object Object]" data-id="6165206596" style="width: 708px;" data-identifyelement="711"></span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="712" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="713"><span data-identifyelement="714" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="715" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Figure 2. Sensitive species information withheld for <em data-identifyelement="716">Prasophyllum petilum</em> (Tarengo Leek Orchid).</span></span></p><h2 data-identifyelement="717" id="faq" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="719" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="720" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br data-identifyelement="721"></span></span><br data-identifyelement="1026"><span data-identifyelement="1027" style="font-size: 24px;"><span data-identifyelement="1028" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1029" dir="ltr">FAQs</strong></span></span></h2><h3 data-identifyelement="1030" dir="ltr" id="location" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1031" style="font-size: 16px;"><span data-identifyelement="1032" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1033" dir="ltr">Which species in a specific location are on threatened or migratory lists?</strong></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1034" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1035"><span data-identifyelement="1036" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1037" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The best way to access this information is by <a data-identifyelement="1038" href="https://support.ala.org.au/support/solutions/articles/6000261679-search-by-location">searching by location</a>. <span data-identifyelement="632" dir="ltr">Once you have a list of species in a certain area you can then refine your search using filters, one of the filters available is conservation status. Bear in mind that sensitive species records are generalised and it might be sensible to create a buffer around your area of interest in order to pick up generalised records.</span></span></span></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1039" id="non-specific" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1040"><span data-identifyelement="1041" style="font-size: 16px;"><span data-identifyelement="1042" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong data-identifyelement="1043" dir="ltr">How do I make the location of my sighting non-specific?</strong></span></span></h3><p data-identifyelement="1044" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1045"><span data-identifyelement="1046" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1047" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ALA will process any sensitive records according to the rules set by the state and territory governments. If you have records <strong data-identifyelement="1048">you believe are sensitive</strong> but <strong data-identifyelement="1049">do not appear on the sensitive species lists</strong> for the relevant state or territory you can generalise them prior to submission by: </span></span></p><ol data-identifyelement="1050" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li data-identifyelement="1051" style="text-align: left; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1052" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1053" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reducing the accuracy of location information (coordinates and locality description) </span></span></li><li data-identifyelement="1054" style="text-align: left; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1055" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1056" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Changing the precision of the taxonomic information (e.g. providing species instead of subspecies or genus instead of species).  </span></span></li></ol><p data-identifyelement="1057" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1058" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="1059" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If the records are generalised prior to submission, it is important to <strong data-identifyelement="1060" dir="ltr">indicate this in the records using the “data generalisations” field </strong>so that users of the data know that more accurate information is available if needed.</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1057" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="633"></p><p data-identifyelement="634" style="text-align: left;"><span data-identifyelement="635" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The ALA and iNaturalist work together to generalise data added to iNaturalist based on exactly the same ruleset.</span></p><p data-identifyelement="636" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span data-identifyelement="637" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="638" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="639" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span data-identifyelement="640" style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-identifyelement="641" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also, remember that by generalising records yourself you make the records far less useful for research or conservation assessment. We strongly recommend you allow records to be generalised by the ALA based on state or territory lists. This way the data can be passed to researchers or conservation assessments in a correct format.</span></span></p><p data-identifyelement="1061" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1065"><br data-identifyelement="1066"></p><h3 data-identifyelement="1067" dir="ltr" id="location" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br data-identifyelement="1068"></h3><div data-identifyelement="1069" id="_com_2"><p data-identifyelement="1070" style="text-align: justify;"><span data-identifyelement="1071" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span></p></div> </article> <hr /> <p class="article-vote" id="voting-container" data-user-id="" data-article-id="6000261705" data-language="en"> Did you find it helpful?<span data-href="/support/solutions/articles/6000261705/thumbs_up" class="vote-up a-link" id="article_thumbs_up" data-remote="true" data-method="put" data-update="#voting-container" data-user-id="" data-article-id="6000261705" data-language="en" data-update-with-message="Glad we could be helpful. 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href="/support/solutions/articles/6000261706-refine-your-search" >Refine Your Search</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000261718-downloading-ala-data" >Downloading ALA data</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000261466-ala-s-galah-package-for-r-and-python" >ALA's {galah} package for R and Python</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000261705-working-with-threatened-migratory-and-sensitive-species-information-in-the-ala" >Working with threatened, migratory and sensitive species information in the ALA</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000262426-spatial-layers" >Spatial layers</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000249564-how-to-use-facets-to-filter-ala-data" >How to use facets to filter ALA data</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000249686-how-do-i-search-and-filter-for-environmental-dna-edna-records-" >How do I search and filter for environmental DNA (eDNA) records?</a> </div> </li>  </div> </div> <div class="starrted"> <div class="folder_name"><span class='contracted'>Understanding data</span></div> <div class="toggled"> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000261578-data-cleaning" >Data cleaning</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000261677-taxonomy-in-the-ala" >Taxonomy in the ALA</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000262125-flagging-an-issue-with-a-record" >Flagging an issue with a record</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000271098-an-introduction-to-taxonomy" >An Introduction to Taxonomy</a> </div> </li>  </div> </div> </ul> <li><a href="/support/solutions/6000138053">ALA Tools & Apps</a></li><ul> <div class="starrted"> <div class="folder_name"><span class='contracted'>ZoaTrack</span></div> <div class="toggled"> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000197219-what-is-zoatrack-" >What is ZoaTrack?</a> </div> </li>  </div> </div> <div class="starrted"> <div class="folder_name"><span class='contracted'>DigiVol</span></div> <div class="toggled"> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000197218-what-is-digivol-" >What is DigiVol?</a> </div> </li>  </div> </div> <div class="starrted"> <div class="folder_name"><span class='contracted'>MERIT</span></div> <div class="toggled"> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000197223-what-is-merit-" >What is MERIT?</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000197210-merit-user-guide" >MERIT User Guide</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000197209-how-do-i-obtain-access-to-my-merit-projects-" >How do I obtain access to my MERIT projects?</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000197224-merit-schema-and-api" >MERIT Schema and API</a> </div> </li>  </div> </div> <div class="starrted"> <div class="folder_name"><span class='contracted'>ALA for developers</span></div> <div class="toggled"> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000261502-how-to-access-ala-apis" >How to access ALA APIs</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000196776-ala-on-github-" >ALA on GitHub </a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000196855--infrastructure-overview" > Infrastructure overview</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000199877-ala-platform-installation" >ALA platform installation</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000200049-how-to-embed-a-species-map-in-a-web-page-using-ala-wms-services" >How to embed a species map in a web page using ALA WMS services</a> </div> </li>  </div> </div> </ul> <li><a href="/support/solutions/6000138349">ALA Spatial Portal</a></li><ul> <div class="starrted"> <div class="folder_name"><span class='contracted'>FAQs</span></div> <div class="toggled"> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208398-what-can-i-map-" >What can I map?</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208402-why-are-there-no-species-records-for-my-area-" >Why are there no species records for my area?</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000235729-note-area-sq-km-" >Note: Area (sq km)</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000237045-what-are-environmental-and-contextual-spatial-layers-" >What are environmental and contextual spatial layers?</a> </div> </li>  </div> </div> <div class="starrted"> <div class="folder_name"><span class='contracted'>Case Studies</span></div> <div class="toggled"> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208422-wind-wind-farms-birds-and-bats" >Wind, wind-farms, birds and bats</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208423-finding-pinot-noir-an-example-of-how-to-use-the-atlas" >Finding Pinot Noir – an example of how to use the Atlas</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208425-classification-case-study" >Classification case study</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208426-scatterplot-case-study" >Scatterplot case study</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208427-tabulation-case-study" >Tabulation Case Study</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208428-where-could-the-greater-glider-be-" >Where could the Greater Glider be?</a> </div> </li>  </div> </div> <div class="starrted"> <div class="folder_name"><span class='contracted'>Analytical Tools</span></div> <div class="toggled"> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000212680-how-to-show-species-distributions-and-environmental-layers-on-a-map" >How to show species distributions and environmental layers on a map</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000212684-how-to-make-a-scatter-plot" >How to make a scatter plot</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208408-area-reports" >Area Reports</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208409-nearest-location" >Nearest location</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208410-compare-points" >Compare Points</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208411-what-is-sampling-" >What is sampling?</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208412-what-is-filtering-" >What is filtering?</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208413-what-is-a-scatterplot-" >What is a scatterplot?</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208414-what-is-tabulation-" >What is Tabulation?</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208415-compare-areas" >Compare Areas</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208416-what-is-the-use-of-points-to-grid-" >What is the use of ‘Points to Grid’?</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208417-generating-points" >Generating Points</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208418-phylogenetic-diversity" >Phylogenetic Diversity</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208419-what-is-classification-" >What is classification?</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208420-what-is-prediction-" >What is Prediction?</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208421-what-is-generalized-dissimilarity-modelling-" >What is Generalized Dissimilarity Modelling?</a> </div> </li>  </div> </div> <div class="starrted"> <div class="folder_name"><span class='contracted'>How to guides</span></div> <div class="toggled"> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208429-compare-areas" >Compare areas</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000212679-how-to-show-the-distribution-of-a-species-on-a-map-of-australia" >How to show the distribution of a species on a map of Australia</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208431-scatterplot" >Scatterplot</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208435-point-comparisons" >Point Comparisons</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208436-area-of-occupancy-and-extent-of-occurrence" >Area of Occupancy and Extent of Occurrence</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208437-generate-points" >Generate points</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208438-flickr-images" >Flickr images</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208439-facet-add-to-map-" >Facet (Add to Map)</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000212685-how-to-show-the-distribution-of-more-than-one-species-on-a-map-of-australia" >How to show the distribution of more than one species on a map of Australia</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208440-common-map-options" >Common Map Options</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208441-scatterplot-multiple" >Scatterplot - Multiple</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208442-gdm-this-function-is-currently-not-available-in-version-2" >GDM - This function is currently not available in version 2</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208443-species-add-to-map-" >Species (Add to Map)</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000241564-using-the-national-indicative-aggregated-fire-extent-dataset-2019-20-in-the-ala" >Using the National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-20 in the ALA</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208444-add-multiple-species-lists-" >Add Multiple Species (Lists)</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208445-export-checklist" >Export Checklist</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208446-import-species-list" >Import Species List</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208448-faceting-and-filtering" >Faceting and Filtering</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208449-prior-analysis" >Prior Analysis</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208450-nearest-locality" >Nearest Locality</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208451-export-areas" >Export Areas</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208452-points-to-grid" >Points to Grid</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208453-classify" >Classify</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208454-predict" >Predict</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208456-area-report" >Area Report</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208459-layers-add-to-map-" >Layers (Add to Map)</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208460-add-to-map" >Add to Map</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208461-export" >Export</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208462-common-map-functions" >Common Map Functions</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208463-getting-started" >Getting Started</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208464-import-areas" >Import Areas</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208465-common-layer-functions" >Common Layer Functions</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208466-tools" >Tools</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208468-tabulate" >Tabulate</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208469-spatial-portal-components" >Spatial Portal Components</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208470-areas-add-to-map-" >Areas (Add to Map)</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208472-export-point-sample" >Export Point Sample</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208473-import" >Import</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208474-getlsid-spreadsheet-macro" >getLSID Spreadsheet Macro</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000208475-note-area-sq-km-" >Note: Area (sq km)</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000225711-export-or-download-map-this-function-has-been-removed-from-version-2-0-onwards-" >Export or Download Map - This function has been removed from version 2.0 onwards </a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000226356-save-or-download-a-map" >Save or download a map</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000234831-locations-an-overview" >Locations - An Overview</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000234832-locations-filter-by-darwin-core-terms" >Locations - Filter by Darwin Core terms</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000234834-locations-species-distributions-as-areas" >Locations - Species distributions as areas</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000234835-locations-spatial-intersections" >Locations - Spatial intersections</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000234836-locations-spatial-portal-gazetteer" >Locations - Spatial portal gazetteer</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000234837-locations-google-map-services" >Locations - Google map services</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="ellipsis"> <span class='icon-article-small'></span> <a href="/support/solutions/articles/6000234838-locations-cross-tabulations" >Locations - Cross tabulations</a> </div> </li>  </div> </div> </ul> <li><a 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