What is this package? EssentialBiodiversityVariables
offers a series of
types, methods, and additional helper functions to access the Essential
Biodiversity Variables (EBV) REST API,
operated by GEO BON.
Who is developping this package? This package is primarily maintained by the Quantitative & Computational Ecology group at Université de Montréal, and is part of the broader EcoJulia organisation.
Can I sponsor this project? Sure! There is a link in the sidebar on the right. Any money raised this way will go towards the snacks and coffee fund for students, or any charitable cause we like to support.
Is there a manual to help with the package? Yes. You can read the documentation for the current stable release, which includes help on the functions, as well as a series of tutorials and vignettes ranging from simple analyses to full-fledged mini-studies.
Don't you have some swanky badges to display? We do. They are listed at the very end of this README.
Can I contribute to this project? Absolutely. The most immediate way to contribute is to use the package, see what breaks, or where the documentation is incomplete, and open an issue. If you have a more general question, you can also start a discussion. Please read the Code of Conduct and the contributing guidelines.
How do I install the package? The latest tagged released can be installed
just like any Julia package: ]add EssentialBiodiversityVariables
.
How to use the package?
import EssentialBiodiversityVariables as EBV
EBV.query(spatialExtent=EBV.Global) # Get the global EBVs