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. 2021 Feb 17;9:e61866. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e61866

Table 2.

An overview of structured data in EcoBank. There are four types of data status: data stored in a database server (DB), data implemented through a link with DB servers or API of other data platforms (Link), data implemented through a GIS server (GIS) and data opened in a test server (Test). Databases, which have datasets currently opened with assigned DOI, are in bold type. Data format and size indicate that the format and size of raw data are stored in databases of EcoBank. Data opened only in a test server and linked by API sevices were excluded from the size measurement.

Country Database Data status Data Format Data Size (MB) Producer Update Period
South Korea National Ecosystem Survey ab DB SHP 7,316 National Institute of Ecology 1 year
Ecosystem Survey on Special Areasa DB SHP 128 1 year
Ecosystem and Nature Map ab DB SHP 33,772 1 year
Bird Window Collision a DB SHP 8 1 year
Road Kill Data ab DB SHP 71 1 year
Wetland Survey Dataa DB SHP 199 1 year
Alien Species Datab DB SHP 1 1 week
Ecological Corridor Dataab Link (DB) SHP 3 1 week
Long-Term Ecological Researchab Link (DB) SHP 1,130 1 week
Species List Datab DB ASCII 303 National Institute of Biological Resources 1 year
Environmental Conservation Value Assessment Mapa DB ASCII 112 Korea Environmental Institute Irregular
Environmental Impact Assessment Informationa Link (API) - - Real time
Soil Phase Symbola DB XML 1 National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Irregular
Land Covera DB SHP 32,453 Ministry of Environment Irregular
Forest Type Mapa DB SHP 25,000 Korea Forest Service Irregular
DEMa GIS ASCII 29,000 National Geographic Information Institute Irregular
Vworlda Link (API) - - Spatial Information Industry Promotion Institute Real time
Serial Cadastral Mapa Link (API) - - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Real time
Local Weather Forecast Information Systemb Link (API) - - Korea Meteorological Administration Real time
Thailand Tree Distribution Dataa DB SHP - Kasetsart University (Thailand) -
Vietnam Street Tree Dataa DB SHP - -
Land Covera DB SHP - Nong Lam University (Vietnam) -
a: data are provided as WMS and WFS services
b: data are provided in other types of web services including descriptive statistics and multimedia files