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I have a dream: By State Mygalomorph Guide

 
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cacoseraph
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:42 pm    Post subject: I have a dream: By State Mygalomorph Guide Reply with quote

i am seriously considering making a go at having a by state guide to all the mygs in the USA (similar to what i did to Shelley's scolopendromorph stuff.  i have done a few states (CA, WA, NC) to a limited extent already and feel like it is possible but would be a lot of work


i would be willing to work on the non-theraphosidae part... i just don't have as much interest in taras.... and my gods, it would be GRUELING!

i am making a matrix of all the species in the USA according to Platnick 9.5 by the states.  i might actually think about doing a database on my website so that users can hash info multiple ways


in no way am i going for a complete rigorous workup... i basically intend to google my red eyes out and come up with a reasonable approximation.   i am thinking of possibly making Family and maaaybe genus level maps... but that is a ton of work =P




anyhow, if anyone was willing to help out i would definitely give credit where credit is due... i don't really have enough worked out to know exactly what i would want help with, yet, though =P



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hey,
drop me a mail, I´m going to send you the data on Dipluridae and some Mecicobothriidae Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

my eyes hurt


http://scabies.myfreeforum.org/forum68.php


it is actually going pretty good. balam helped out a bit, too



now i am debating whether to announce it to the other forums now or wait until it is a bit more complete

i think when i announce it i am going to have a link to the index page for the state lists on the scabies forum and a link to a BIG ol' table i am going to generate off of a spreadsheet i am concurrently making that i am going to host on my website (i need to get more traffic =P )
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

three or four hours of sleep and once more into the fray!



i am getting really excited about this.  obviously it is not rigorous at all... but i have never seen anything done like it before


once i am a bit more confident we have gleaned 97+% of the info from the net i can start making cludged maps for Family, genus, and maybe even species

thank the gods for wiki commons maps i can download and alter Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

alrighty, i would say version 1.0 is done Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

caco - your efforts & the information you are sharing are very much appreciated.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks Smile



i figure stuff like this is a good hook to get more ppl to see the forum


plus, afaik we are the only club to do ~public service announcements



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