I’m a private lands biologist for Virginia Tech, working on conserving and creating Hellbender habitat in North Alabama. I’m currently compiling historical records and wanted to make sure that some sightings on here with completely hidden locality data aren’t in Alabama, but I’m not sure how to go about requesting the data or if it’s even available at all. Is there some kind of researcher’s certification on here that would allow me to view the data or is it just hidden forever?
Even if it’s obscured, the “Standard Places” (country, state, county level places) listed under the observation’s map (click on “Details”) are accurate. So if you see something other than “Alabama”, the observation’s coordinates are not in Alabama.
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Some of the observations have locality listed as “private”, does that mean I need to message that specific person and there isn’t a wholesale way to see them all?
Yes, that’s the only way for Private observations.
Crap. I appreciate the help nonetheless! Maybe all those people will be receptive to talking about their observations. A feature allowing verified researchers to quickly download a table of all observations would be awesome, but I guess this is the wrong forum page for that suggestion.
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In NC, the state Natural Heritage Program has access to those details and is (in my experience) willing to share that information for a good cause. T
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