RE: [Big-devel] Dithering of geocode

[Ben R. <be...@ca...>]

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> [mailto:big...@li...]On Behalf Of Jim Croft


> He assured me the NSW one is ok so it is, now linked; I will
> be relinking CANB shortly, MEL looks ok unless I hear
> otherwise, I will relink that one too.  Ben - are you happy
> with PERTH?

PERTH is (mostly) happy - see below.

> For the geocode at least, is this something that could be done at the
> portal rather than (or as well as) at the provider side?

PERTH is intending to dither the geocodes for rare/threatened taxa it
knows about.

The issue of a Consensus Census raises its ugly head, though.  PERTH has
no way of knowing the conservation status of plants outside of WA!

The problem with dithering at the portal end is that for a time, the
data is on the wire in full precision.  This is an unacceptable risk.

Cheers,
Ben