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 Number of Digitized Plant Bug Specimens since the start of the TTD-TCN   

457,553
(as of July 11, 2013)

Number of Plant Specimens Imaged since the start of the TTD-TCN

518,045
(as of September, 2013)

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Project Documents

This area will house all your important project documents. Simply click the "Add file" button below to get started. 
ĉ AutoFocus_Problems_Shooting_Poaceae.docx
View Download		 Recommendations on how to manually focus the camera lens when photographing herbarium specimens. By Mike Bevans, NYBG Information Manager for Digitization  13k v. 2 Oct 5, 2012, 11:27 AM Kim Watson
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 Camera_Lens_Focus_Tape.wmv
Download		 Movie clip demonstrating how to manually focus the camera lens and then tape the lens in place. Useful when imaging large batches of Poaceae specimens or others upon which the lens has difficulty focusing. By Mike Bevans, NYBG Information Manager for Digitization.  5662k v. 2 Feb 19, 2013, 12:17 PM Kim Watson
 ALL User Manuals
Ċ 2012_NYBG_Imaging_Equipment_Specifications.pdf
View Download		   391k v. 4 May 31, 2013, 7:53 AM Katja Seltmann
Ċ Assembling_the_Imaging_Station.pdf
View Download		 Instructions for how to assemble the herbarium specimen imaging station recommended by NYBG.  535k v. 3 May 31, 2013, 7:53 AM Katja Seltmann
Ċ Centering-Camera.pdf
View Download		 How to center the camera when using the herbarium specimen imaging station recommended by NYBG.  400k v. 3 May 31, 2013, 7:53 AM Katja Seltmann
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 GEOLocate
View		 Georeferencing software  May 31, 2013, 7:53 AM Katja Seltmann
Ċ Herbarium_Image_Editing_Guidelines.pdf
View Download		 Image Editing Guidelines: Using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. By Michael Bevans, Information Manager for Digitization, The New York Botanical Garden.  3220k v. 3 May 31, 2013, 7:53 AM Katja Seltmann
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 Host Data Spreadsheet
View		 Template for host data spreadsheet.  May 31, 2013, 7:53 AM Katja Seltmann
Ċ Imaging Manual.pdf
View Download		 Herbarium Specimen Digitization: Camera settings and remote shooting using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera and software.  3392k v. 3 May 31, 2013, 7:53 AM Katja Seltmann
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 Manual for Photographing Exemplar Specimens
View		   May 31, 2013, 7:53 AM Katja Seltmann
Ċ Micro Nano Checker - Target Data.pdf
View Download		 Color values for Micro Nano Checker: used in photographing plant specimens  213k v. 4 May 31, 2013, 7:53 AM Katja Seltmann
Ċ Optimizing_exposure_using_Micro_Nano_Color_Checker.pdf
View Download		 Manual for using Adobe Lightroom to optimize image exposure by adjusting the Tone Curve using target values with the Micro Nano Color Checker. Prepared by Michael Bevans, Information Manager for Digitization, NYBG.  1496k v. 3 May 31, 2013, 7:53 AM Katja Seltmann
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 TTD database manual for Arthropod Easy Capture
View		 Data entry manual for Arthropod Easy Capture and the TTD-TCN project. Version 0.5.   Jun 11, 2013, 10:23 AM C Mar
 AMNH Specific Workflows
Ĉ Exemplar Photo Labels.xlsx
View Download		   10k v. 2 May 1, 2013, 11:20 AM Nat Roe
ĉ Image Specifications for the Specimen Database.docx
View Download		   15k v. 2 May 7, 2012, 11:12 AM Katja Seltmann
ĉ Labels_GenusUnitTrays2.doc
View Download		   25k v. 2 Apr 28, 2012, 10:34 AM Katja Seltmann
ĉ Training_Collections.docx
View Download		   1265k v. 3 Apr 28, 2012, 10:34 AM Katja Seltmann
Ċ Unit_tray.pdf
View Download		   345k v. 2 May 10, 2012, 6:28 AM Katja Seltmann
 Authority Files and Taxon Name Lists
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 Aclerdidae
View		   May 17, 2012, 11:12 AM Katja Seltmann
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 Aphidiinae Authority File
View		 Export from Taxapad, 2013  Jan 29, 2013, 8:04 AM Katja Seltmann
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 Aphid Species File
View		 Aphid Authority file 2  Sep 24, 2012, 1:13 PM Katja Seltmann
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 Chalcidoidea Authority File
View		   Mar 29, 2012, 7:25 PM Katja Seltmann
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 Coccidae
View		 Checklist of Coccidae scales from ScaleNet  May 21, 2012, 4:04 PM Katja Seltmann
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 DeltocephalinaeUS.txt
Download		   365k v. 2 May 22, 2012, 5:23 AM Katja Seltmann
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 Diaspididae scales from ScaleNet
View		 Checklist added from ScaleNet  May 21, 2012, 4:07 PM Katja Seltmann
Ĉ Foottit_Adelgidae_Phylloxeridae_Aphididae.xlsx
View Download		 Aphid Authority file 1  102k v. 2 Sep 24, 2012, 1:13 PM Katja Seltmann
ĉ Fulgoroidea checklist of US and can.doc
View Download		   1321k v. 2 Apr 16, 2012, 10:11 AM Katja Seltmann
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 Miridae
View		 On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae)  Apr 18, 2012, 3:01 PM Katja Seltmann
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 OtherCicadellidaeUS.txt
Download		   244k v. 2 Mar 28, 2013, 7:43 AM Katja Seltmann
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 Pentatomidae Authority List
View		 Link to the ITIS version of the Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States data for the Pentatomidae.  Apr 10, 2012, 3:40 PM Katja Seltmann
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 Pseudococcidae from ScaleNet
View		 Checklist from ScaleNet  May 21, 2012, 4:06 PM Katja Seltmann
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 Scrophulariaceae s.l. partial authority list
View		   May 20, 2013, 11:24 AM Kim Watson
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 Treehopper Authority File
View		   Mar 29, 2012, 7:25 PM Katja Seltmann
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 Tropicos plant database
View		 Tropicos (Missouri Botanical Garden) database for looking up host plant information.  Apr 19, 2012, 9:27 AM Katja Seltmann
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 Typhlocybinae.txt
Download		   374k v. 2 May 22, 2012, 5:28 AM Katja Seltmann
ĉ USMexicoCicadas.doc
View Download		   208k v. 2 Apr 18, 2012, 2:59 PM Katja Seltmann
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 WaterBugs
View		   May 10, 2012, 11:01 AM Katja Seltmann
 Cicadellidae Authority Files
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 Cicadellidae Names
View		 Names not in the 3I database are entered here for expert review.  Nov 30, 2012, 7:49 AM Katja Seltmann
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 Typhlocybinae and Delphacidae Database
View		 Up to date database of the leafhopper subfamily Typhlocybinae (by D. Dmitriev & C. Dietrich) and family Delphacidae (by C. Bartlett).  Nov 30, 2012, 7:49 AM Katja Seltmann
 data entry movies
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 add_decimal_locality.mov
Download		 How to enter a locality that is in decimal format.  3720k v. 2 Oct 29, 2012, 9:07 AM Katja Seltmann
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 Add_Species_Name.mov
Download		 Add a new species name to the specimen database   4629k v. 3 Aug 16, 2012, 10:52 AM Katja Seltmann
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 edit_collecting_event.mov
Download		 Edit a collecting event. When you edit a collecting event the changes apply to ALL the specimens attached to that collecting event. Be sure this is what you want to do!!   1k v. 3 Aug 16, 2012, 10:57 AM Katja Seltmann
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 specimen_edit_sex.mov
Download		 Edit your records singularly or as a mass update  11506k v. 3 Aug 17, 2012, 8:26 AM Katja Seltmann
 Georeferencing
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 Georeferencing in Arthropod Easy
View		 Crash course in georeferening using GEOLocate and Arthropod Easy database, Part 1  Nov 5, 2012, 7:31 AM Katja Seltmann
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 Georeferencing with Arthropod Easy (part 2)
View		 Crash course in georeferening using GEOLocate and Arthropod Easy database, Part 2  Nov 5, 2012, 7:31 AM Katja Seltmann
 Project Description
Ċ ADBC-TCN-TTD Project Description.pdf
View Download		 Full description of the TTD-TCN project as submitted to NSF.  2384k v. 3 Sep 24, 2012, 1:15 PM Katja Seltmann
 Workshop and Meeting Notes
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 Boone Georeferencing workshop
View		 Google document of notes from Kim Watson and Katja Seltmann during the SERNEC georeferncing workshop. Jan, 2012.  Oct 5, 2012, 7:08 AM Katja Seltmann
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 DROID workshop
View		 Google document from the DROID workshop (DROID – Developing Robust Object-to-Image-to-Data Workflows) from May 30th through May 31st for developing workflows.  Jun 21, 2012, 9:54 AM Katja Seltmann
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 HUB meeting notes
View		 Google document of notes from the HUB meeting, March 2010.  Oct 5, 2012, 7:07 AM Katja Seltmann
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 iDigBio Standards Workshop
View		 Google document from the idigbio standards workshop   Oct 5, 2012, 7:06 AM Katja Seltmann
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