[Odonata-l] Observado.org - to register sightings of your dragonflies all over the world

[Marcel Hospers]

 *Observado.org - *

*het registreren van waarnemingen van libellen in de hele wereld *

Since a couple months Observado.org has been set up, the international
alternative of the succesful Dutch website
*Waarneming <http://waarneming.nl/index.php?lang=en>*.nl<http://waarneming.nl/index.php?lang=en>and
Belgium version
*Waarnemingen*.be <http://waarnemingen.be/index.php?lang=en>. The website *
Observations*.be <http://observations.be/index.php?lang=fr> is the french
version for Belgium.

On *Observado*.org<http://observado.org/waarnemingen_all_v1.php?groep=5&lang=en>you
can get a current overview of the bio-diversity (wealth of nature) of
your
holiday country or more information about the distribution of dragonflies
and damselflies in the world.

[image: Observado.org] <http://waarneming.nl/foto/index>

On this website
*Observado*.org<http://observado.org/waarnemingen_all_v1.php?groep=3&lang=en>you
can enter your dragonflies sightings all over the world except Belgium
and The
Netherlands. It's use is free. You can add photo'
s<http://waarneming.nl/foto/index?g=5&from=2008-12-29&to=2009-02-27&z=1&sort=date&lang=en>or
sound
recordings <http://waarneming.nl/sound/index> at your sightings. This is
valuable if you hear birds, bats or grasshoppers. All sightings can be seen
for free and it is also
posible to see distribution
maps<http://waarneming.nl/soort/maps/580?from=1980-01-01&to=2009-02-24&grid=5000&prov=0&lang=en>.
At this moment hundreds of sightings ay are already introduced by dozens of
observers.

The dutch website has almost 24.000 registered
members<http://waarneming.nl/userlijst_xx.php?lang=en>and in weekends
over 10.000 sightings are added every day.

This website contains all known dragonfly species of the world



 *Software for the smartphone and the PDA*

This website also has an integrated software for the smartphone (WnSmart)
and for the PDA (wnpda). A sighting consists of a species, a location and
time. The time is taken from the PDA clock, the location from the GPS
(built-in or with a bluetooth connection). More information about wnPDA can
be found on this
website<http://waarneming.nl/pda/wnpda/handleiding/index.html>.You
can also download the software
here<http://waarneming.nl/pda/wnpda/handleiding/index.html>
.

[image: Observado.org] <http://waarneming.nl/foto/index>

*Dragonfly names*

The dragonfly list contains near 6.000 species with their
*Observado<http://observado.org/soortenlijst.php?q=&g=5&f=0&z=1&p=0&lang=en>
*.org in English,
*Observado<http://observado.org/soortenlijst.php?q=&g=5&f=0&z=1&p=0&lang=de>
*.org in Deutsch,
*Observado<http://observado.org/soortenlijst.php?q=&g=5&f=0&z=1&p=0&lang=nl>
*.org in Dutch, or
*Observado<http://observado.org/soortenlijst.php?q=&g=5&f=0&z=1&p=0&lang=fr>
*.org in francaisname if available. This list is based on the World Odonata
List, a checklist compiled by Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom and Dennis
Paulson.

*Photo's*

The website contains a unique collection of photos. The photo's are screened
by a team of experts this set of
dragonflyphotos's<http://waarneming.nl/foto/index?g=5&from=2008-12-29&to=2009-02-27&z=1&sort=date&lang=en>with
their names and this makes this collection unique.

*Forum*

The site has a forum. If you have questions concerning European dragonflies
you can create topic in the Dragonflies (odonata) of the
World-forum<http://forum.waarneming.nl/forum/index.php?showforum=109>.


*Subsite's*

It is also possible to make small subsites of
*Observado*.org<http://observado.org/waarnemingen_all_v1.php?groep=3&lang=en>.
E.g for Italy <http://it.observado.org/index.php?lang=en> is a subsite
available or for for dragonflies in Odonata in
Italy<http://odoitaly.observado.org/index.php?lang=en>.
A good overview of possibilities of these subsites can be found in The
Netherlands <http://waarneming.nl/kml_get_wg_grenzen.php?lang=en>

If you want more information about
*Observado*.org<http://observado.org/waarnemingen_all_v1.php?groep=3&lang=en>you
can send a message to info@
....

More information about Waarneming.nl can be found on
Wikipedia<http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waarneming.nl>.
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