How are the county-level distribution maps made?
The distribution maps presented on the prototype pages are done manually. The maps on the species description pages are planned to be generated automatically from the specimen data in vPlants as well as data indicating other outside sources (i.e. printed floras, other herbaria, other websites). All counties with specimen data records in vPlants are linked to those records from the maps by clicking on a particular darkly shaded county. Due to the nature of the data recorded on the specimen labels, currently no exact location points are mapped.
