What data quality checks does the ALA do? : ALA Support

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>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"> 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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 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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 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