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Taxon images

Last modified by Anniina Kuusijärvi on 2024/02/12 14:45

Page in Finnish: Taksonikuvat

Adding images

Species images can be added via TaxonEditor. Go to the information page of the wanted taxon and click the Images-button below the taxon search. A box will open where you can fill in the metadata for taxon images:

  1. Specimen ID (Full URI): Id for the specimen you are editing, is automatically filled in. You can add other specimen IDs using the green + button, and this way connect the image to other specimens.
  2. Tags:
    1. specimen: for images of preserved specimen
    2. primary: primary image for the taxon, shown in laji.fi on species card, general description
    3. label: label images are not shown as observation images in laji.fi
    4. habitat: habitat images are shown on gathering level in laji.fi
    5. Carcass: crude or bloody images of carcasses or such, that will not be displayed publicly at all.
    6. skeletal: Images of skeletal specimens. Images with this tag are shown on species card, on media tab under heading specimen images, but are not shown on overview tab even if other images don't exist.
    7. egg, pupa, larva, bud, flower etc.: added (12/2021) a bunch of tags to tag images of different life stages.
  3. Capturers: the capturer's name in the form "Lastname, Firstname". If there are several capturers, add each of them by clicking the green plus-button.
  4. Holder of intellectual copyright: who has the image copyrights, Luomus by default.
  5. Intellectual copyright license: here you can choose the rights that allow others to use the image. There are many Creative Commons license options and some others. By default Creative Commons Atrribution Share-Alike 4.0 is used. Check deafault
  6. Intellectual rights given to Luomus: here you can choose, with what rights Luomus can use the image, if the rights belong to someone else than Luomus.
  7. Date/time when the image was taken: If Kotka hasn't automatically filled this, then mark down the imaging date (by clicking the calendar; usually done automatically from the image exif metadata).
  8. Taxon id: identifier of the taxon whose taxon image the image is
  9. Caption (en), Caption (fi), Caption (sv): image captions (kuvatekstit) in three languages.

The images will be shown in FinBIF laji.fi within a few hours. 

Note that images of sensitive species will not be encrypted in any way. Do not add images, where the exact location of e.g. a predatory bird's nest or some other sensitive species is revealed.

Editing existing image metadata

To edit previously saved image metadata, go to "Edit existing images". If the image is recorded for a wrong taxon, It can be moved to the correct taxon by typing the correct taxon MX code to the Taxon id field. If the image is not correct at all and should be removed, please contact. helpdesk(at)laji.fi