What is it?

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• What is it?
• Why was it developed?
• How does it work?

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• Chuck Bargeron, Technology Director
• David Moorhead, Co-Director and Professor -
  Silviculture
• Keith Douce, Co-Director and Professor -
  Entomology
• Joe LaForest, Program Specialist IPM/Forest
  Health
• Carey Minteer, Program Specialist Invasive
  Species

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What is EDDMapS?

• Electronic EDRR tool (e-mail alerts)
• State/County Distribution Maps
• Google Maps Interface for Point Distribution
• Large Scale Cooperative Management of New
  Invasive Species
• One database for local and national data
• Custom Queries and Reports

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Why was it developed?

• To get a more accurate picture of the
  distribution of invasive species across the South
• Compilation of existing data
• Creation of new data

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State EPPCs Role

• System and interface developed by UGA-Bugwood
  Network for SE-EPPC
• Provided to state EPPCs for use
• State EPPC
• Train users
• Verifying data
• Encourage data collection within state

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Uses of Data

• More complete distribution data
• Justification of problem
• Identification of leading edge of ranges
• Early detection
• Refinement of lists and priorities

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What is already out there?

• Distribution data already exist at varying
  scales, resolutions, availability, and
  completeness
• IPANE project in New England
• IPAMS project in Mississippi
• NBII
• USDA-PLANTS
• Herbarium records

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Existing Data Sets

• Lots of data already out there
• Research
• Herbaria
• Natural heritage programs
• Stored in scattered locations
• In different formats
• Not easily available

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PLANTS Cooperation

• Used PLANTS county distribution data as a
  starting point
• Fill in the holes
• Collect point data as well
• Share data back with PLANTS

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Opportunities for Surveys

• Existing SE-EPPC membership expertise
• Networking with others
• Target Species on State EPPC Lists

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Levels of Data

• County-level data
• Point data
• Unverified
• Verified
• Photo-verified
• Herbarium voucher
• Expert-verified
• Literature-verified

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Volunteers Role

• Include their existing data
• Collect and submit new data

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Electronic Early Detection System

• Each state has a designated reviewer
• Responsible for verifying all data entered in
  that state
• Responsible for notifying the appropriate people
  when a EDRR species is reported
• Each state can designate EDRR species that
  automatically are flagged
• Email sent to designated persons within the state
  when a EDRR species is reported
• State EDRR Committees

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Statistics

• 437,705 records
• 79,243 point records
• 1241 plants

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State Distribution
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SE County Distribution
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Google Maps Distribution
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Google Maps Distribution
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Projects
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Contributors

• National Park Service
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Database
• USDA Forest Service
• Auburn University
• Tennessee Natural Areas Program
• Southern Appalachian Volunteer Environmental
  Monitoring
• NBII Southern Appalachian Information Node
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection

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National Interface
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Whats Next
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Advanced Queries

• By State
• By User
• By Habitat
• Any Attribute or Combination of Attributes

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Mapping Enhancements

• Integration with ArcGIS software
• Mapplets
• Flash version of Google Maps
• Static Maps
• KML (Keyhole Markup Language) now standard
  controlled by Open Geospatial Consortium

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Mobile EDDMapS
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Why EDDMapS?

• Fast and Easy to Use no knowledge of GIS
  required
• Ready to go today!
• Integration with Invasive.org/Invasive Plants of
  U.S. DVD info and pictures AND USDA PLANTS
• One database for both local and national data
• Custom/hosted applications can quickly and
  inexpensively be developed
• Proven record with images
• Fully relational referenced taxonomic database
• Meets NAWMA standards
• Data can be output to meet your needs

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Florida Invasives

• Funded by TNC and USFWS
• Online Incentive Matrix
• Customized EDDMapS for CWMAs
• Downloadable CWMA web template
• CWMA web cookbook

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Thanks, Any Questions?

• www.bugwood.org
• www.se-eppc.org
• www.eddmaps.org
• www.invasive.org