ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library Wiki

users

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Users

Name	Institution	Region/Expertise
Helen Chambers	Red Sea Awareness	Red Sea
Alan Duncan		Thailand
Ian Litchfield		Mozambique
Darcy Bradley	ECOCEAN, ECOCEAN USA	Administrator
Steve Fox	Deep Blue Utila	Honduras
Clare Prebble	Marine Megafauna Association	Mozambique
	Charles Darwin Foundation	Galapagos Islands
Katie Hogg	Marine Megafauna Association	Mozambique
Hannah Darrin	Marine Megafauna Association	Mozambique
Jennifer Schmidt	University of Illinois at Chicago	Mexico (Atlantic), Genetics
Petra Roeglin	Sinai Divers	Red Sea
Alex Tilley		Belize
Kathy Zischka		Ningaloo
Simon Pierce	ECOCEAN USA, Marine Megafauna Association	Mozambique, Administrator
	All Out Africa	Mozambique, South Africa
	Wildlife and Ecological Investments (WEI)	South Africa
Matt Kertesz		Seychelles
Salha Alban	KK Reef Watch	Malaysia
Simon Bonner	University of Kentucky	Population Modeling
Richard Rees		Maldives
Camille Hernandez		Ningaloo
Alessandro Ponzo		Philippines
Frank Michna	Australian National University	Australia
Mark McBride	ECOCEAN USA	Administrator
Al Dove	Georgia Aquarium	Mexico (Atlantic)
	Georgia Aquarium Volunteers	Mexico (Atlantic)
Cathy Levett		Ningaloo, Mozambique
David Rowat	Marine Conservation Society Seychelles	Seychelles
Eric Hoffmayer	NOAA	Flower Gardens, U.S. Gulf Coast
Doug Anderson		Ningaloo
Lisa Carne		Belize
Rachel Graham	Wildlife Conservation Society	Belize
Zaven Arzoumanian	ECOCEAN USA	Administrator
Brad Norman	ECOCEAN, ECOCEAN USA	Ningaloo, Administrator
John Tyminski	Mote Marine Lab	Mexico (Atlantic)
Richard Rhodes		Thailand
Chuck Stewart	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Pattern Recognition
	WWF Philippines	Philippines
Tim Davies	Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme (MWSRP)	Maldives
Heather Taylor	DEC, Western Australia	Ningaloo
Jennifer McKinney	Gulf Coast Research Lab	Flower Gardens, U.S. Gulf Coast
Isabelle (Zab) Foisy		Belize, Honduras, Flower Gardens
Rafael de la Parra	Proyecto Domino	Mexico (Atlantic)
Chris Williams	Quest Overseas	Mozambique
	Dolphin Care Africa	Mozambique
Jason Holmberg	ECOCEAN USA	Administrator
Jason Maxfield	ECOCCEAN USA	Volunteer
Shoou-Jeng Joung	National Taiwan Ocean University	Taiwan
Sai Ravela	MIT	Pattern recognition
Jutta Wildforster	DEC, Western Australia	Ningaloo
Chris Rohner		Mozambique
Peter Haskell		Mozambique
Peter Bassett		Mozambique
George Shedrawi
	Wildlife Trust of India	Gujarat, India
David Robinson	Sharkwatch Arabia	Arabian Peninsula
Dení Ramírez		Baja California, Mexico
Katie Reeve-Arnold	Marine Megafauna Association	Mozmabique
Chris Town	Cambridge	UK
Robert Jordan	ECOCEAN USA	USA
Lisa West	ECOCEAN
Elson Q. Aca	Physalus	Philippines
Abraham Vázquez	Camp Gecko	Baja California, Mexico

locationid

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ECOCEAN Library Location IDs

The following are the location IDs used for standardized location identification in the ECOCEAN Library.

1a - Ningaloo, non-specific

1a1 - North Ningaloo, off Exmouth

1a2 - South Ningaloo, off Coral Bay

1b - Christmas Island

1c - Indonesia

1d - Malaysia

1e - Thailand

1f - Myanmar

1g - India

2- Caribbean, non-specific

2a - Utila, Honduras

2b - Belize

2c - Mexico, East Coast

2d - Texas, Flower Gardens

2e - U.S. Gulf Coast

2f - Cuba (Jardines de la Reina

2g - U.S.Eastern sea board

4a - Mozambique

4b - Tanzania

4c - Kenya

4d - South Africa permissions

4e- Djibouti

4f- Madagascar

4g - Red Sea

4h - Arabian Peninsular

4h1 - Qatar
4h1a - Al Shaheen
4h2 - Oman
4h2a - Musandam
4h2b - Daymaniyat Islands
4h2c - Muscat
4h3 - UAE
4h4 - Bahrain

5a - Maldives

5b - Seychelles

6a - Philippines

6a1 - Donsol, Philippines
6a2 - Cebu, Philippines (including Oslob)

6b - Taiwan

7 - eastern Pacific

7a - Galapagos Islands

7b - Cocos Island

7c - Panama, Pacific coast

7d - Bahia de los Angeles, Mexico, Pacific

7e - Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico

8a - Eastern Australian Coast

home

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Welcome to the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library Wiki

This Wiki contains useful documentation for the ECOCEAN Library.

ECOCEAN Library User Documentation

The following documentation provides assistance to ECOCEAN Library users with login access.

Field Manual

1. Overview
2. Managing encounters and sharks
3. Approving or rejecting an encounter
4. Extracting spot patterns
5. Comparing spot patterns with sharkGrid
6. Interpreting pattern match results
7. Matching sharks
8. Searching through the Library
9. FAQs
10. Videos

Other topics
How to use Spot! for perspective correction
TapirLink, the GBIF, and the ECOCEAN Library
List of Photo Keywords (Tags)
List of Location IDs
Shepherd Project features, updates, and maintenance
Feature Requests

ECOCEAN Library Policies

ECOCEAN Library Access Policy
ECOCEAN Library Visitor Agreement
ECOCEAN Library User Agreement

user_agreement

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User Agreement ‘ECOCEAN Library’

The following policy applies only to individuals with login access to the ECOCEAN Library.

ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library Usage Agreement

Subscribers: Please read the following Usage Agreement logging in to the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library. By logging into the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-Identification Library, you agree to all of the terms and conditions of this ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library Usage Agreement (“Usage Agreement”), including the terms, conditions and notices contained in the “Usage” section of this Usage Agreement. If you do not agree with ANY of the terms or conditions contained herein, please do not use the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library. Please contact webmaster at whaleshark dot org for any questions related to this agreement.

ECOCEAN USA reserves the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Usage Agreement or the terms or conditions contained herein. However, subscribers need to be notified 30 days prior to the changes taking place. If the Subscriber deems that they will no longer be able to meet their obligations under the User Agreement or that they will no longer be able to use or access the Service in a useful manner they must inform ECOCEAN USA directly and no longer use the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library in any manner.

1. Definitions.

The ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library (the “Library”) is a suite of online informational services (the “Services”) provided by ECOCEAN USA, consisting of software applications and content provided by members of ECOCEAN/ECOCEAN USA, members of the general public, and governmental management agencies. “You” or “yours” refers to each person or entity, as applicable, that subscribes to the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library (the “Subscriber”).

1.a Authorized Users

Authorized users are those persons, and only those persons, who have been issued a user identifier and password by ECOCEAN USA.

2. General.

The User Account Request Form, this Usage Agreement and any other policies relating to the use of the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library (collectively, this “Agreement”) set forth the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library. By signing and submitting the User Account Request Form to ECOCEAN USA, you are deemed to have agreed to comply with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The right to use the Services is limited to Subscribers and Authorized Users and is not transferable to any other person or entity. You are responsible for protecting the confidentiality of your access to the Services and for complying with any guidelines relating to security measures designed to prevent unauthorized access as outlined in the Usage Agreement. You are responsible to make reasonable efforts to inform Authorized Users aware of the terms of use as outlined by this agreement. You are not liable for actions of other users but agree to work with ECOCEAN USA to rectify any problems caused by Authorized users who infringe upon the terms of the Agreement. If the Subscriber fails comply with any material term or condition of the Usage Agreement, ECOCEAN may terminate this Agreement upon written notice if the Subscriber does not cure such noncompliance within sixty (60) days of receiving written notice of the breach.

All Subscribers are authorized to provide remote access to Services only to Authorized Users as long as reasonable security procedures are undertaken that will prevent remote access by institutions or individuals that are not Authorized Users under this Usage Agreement.

3. Usage.

Your use of the Services constitutes your agreement to all of the terms, conditions and notices below in addition to the general terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. If you do not agree with these provisions, please do not use the Services and request an immediate termination of your account.

In General

As a condition of using the Services you agree to abide by all applicable local, Provincial, national and international laws and regulations relevant to the use of the Services including, without limitation, any applicable privacy legislation and policies. In addition, you warrant that you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this Agreement (including, without limitation, any use that infringes another’s copyright rights). You may not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Web site or any user of the Web site, or interfere with any other party’s use of the Services. You will not use the Services or content of the Library to accumulate data for or promote a Whale Shark Photo-identification Library that may in any way be deemed by ECOCEAN USA to be competitive with its own efforts.

Good Faith Data Collection, Reporting, Sharing, and Collaboration

As a Subscriber, you have the right to submit photographs, data, and content to the Library. The Library is a community resource, and its content is used by a number of different individuals and agencies for a variety of research and conservation purposes. In all cases, you will submit content and encounter reports as completely and as accurately as possible, obtaining permission to use any copyrighted materials before submitting them to the Library. In addition, you will not submit any content that uses language or imagery (verbal or visual) that is deemed as offensive by anyone for any reason. ECOCEAN USA reserves the right to edit your content to enforce this.

While you retain the copyright to your photographic data, you are agreeing to share this information with other Subscribers and to a limited extent with the general public. No requests for content “hiding” from other Subscribers will be honored by ECOCEAN USA, though our security system does prevent content “tampering” and protects your critical data. Additionally, you agree not to compete with users of the ECOCEAN Library from other regions or to allow others to compete through your access. The ECOCEAN Library is for collaboration, and users must respect the individual research interests of others outside their region of interest.

Publications Using Data from the Library

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