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I'll see if I can find them, though I didn't keep a record of them. National Geographic was one culprit I remember.Scientific outputs in imperial? Please share examples?
I'll see if I can find them, though I didn't keep a record of them. National Geographic was one culprit I remember.Scientific outputs in imperial? Please share examples?
National Geographic was one culprit I remember.
Admit I've not really been following this but that looks like access to the new resource is going to be paid only. Why would ebird etc continue to be free in those circs? I vote we build up and contribute more to things like opus, xeno canto which have a much higher likelihood of remaining free and open. Personally, I'm happy to donate to things which everyone can access but less happy about closed subscription services. A guess as to the way the Cornell wind is blowing has kept me from contributing to neotropical birds
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I wish I could say I was, but - as mentioned - it would be far from the first time that I have seen US sites take information with originally metric data, remove it, and replace with imperial stuff.
Scientific outputs in imperial? Please share examples?
I'll see if I can find them, though I didn't keep a record of them. National Geographic was one culprit I remember.
Why can't they just say 1,000 metres? That's obviously what it is - yet they don't even mention any scientific units.The colossal space rock, which is expected to pass over our planet ..., is estimated to have a diameter of around 3,250 feet
Hmm, so presumably those of us with subscriptions to HBW Alive will still be able to access until the sub runs out? I'm also very unclear on what is going to happen to the IBC, does it get lumped into eBird somehow or exist as a separate entity?
Hmm, so presumably those of us with subscriptions to HBW Alive will still be able to access until the sub runs out? I'm also very unclear on what is going to happen to the IBC, does it get lumped into eBird somehow or exist as a separate entity?
Like White-headed Duck, it risks becoming extinct through introgression from invasive related species oQ1: that is my expectation.
Q2: I expect closer to the latter.
Niels
Not birds, but here's one from NASA:
Why can't they just say 1,000 metres? That's obviously what it is - yet they don't even mention any scientific units.
One would think the banners/adds loaded with images of Darth Vader and super heroes might possibly suggest you are not looking at a official scientific website...
Like White-headed Duck, it risks becoming extinct through introgression from invasive related species o
Q1: that is my expectation.
Q2: I expect closer to the latter.
Niels
One would think the banners/adds loaded with images of Darth Vader and super heroes might possibly suggest you are not looking at a official scientific website...
All blocked by my Firefox adblocker :t: - no, it wasn't obvious that it might be anything other than a mirror (exact copy) of the NASA site itself, even if the URL wasn't NASA.You actually have these visible rather than blocked by an appropriate browser plugin?
Obviously even without ad's it should have been obvious to the OP that it wasn't a NASA site!
All blocked by my Firefox adblocker :t: - no, it wasn't obvious that it might be anything other than a mirror (exact copy) of the NASA site itself, even if the URL wasn't NASA.
Another joke hopefully. If you’re unaware of the difference between official comms by scientific organisations and third hand write-ups on trashy clickbait news sites maybe you should give up on your quest for US scientists imposing imperial measures on the world.
James
In my experience IBC was rife with photos of mis-identified birds, and having photos in two places meant more work if you were looking for photos of a species. I've been reviewing thousands of eBird/MacCaulay Library photos recently, and have only found two mis-ID's so far. And it is easy to report them. Also, eBird provides more context for the photos since they are submitted with a list. And the filtering options for photos are robust and easy to use: you can filter by location, time of year, age, and sex with a few clicks. So I'm seeing a lot of upsides to this.Thanks Niels, a great shame this merger happened, I will miss using My Birding and used to enjoy contributing to IBC, I guess we have to wait and see how it goes