OBIS: getting started
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| − | + | Two menus (marked in red) offer access to various generic functions (top menu) and data types (left menu). | |
| + | As a default, users are logged in automatically as a guest user. In OBIS, the guest user account already allows to access a variety of functions, including | ||
| + | * searching for / displaying meta-information of most stored data | ||
| + | * visualizing interactive maps and previews of geospatial data | ||
| + | * displaying previews of time series graphs and images | ||
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| + | As a default, the guest user is not allowed to access and download detailed information such as time series or geodata. | ||
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| + | For a single dataset, specific permissions can be defined by its owner and such might differ from default settings. | ||
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| + | The same holds for accessing restricted and account specific functions like | ||
| + | Depending on dataset permission settings, the guest user might also download or modif | ||
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| + | In case that data shall be downloaded or modified | ||
| + | Depending on predefined user permission settings, users | ||
Revision as of 08:21, 23 November 2012
OBIS can be found under the URL http://www.future-okavango.org/obis. Opening it in your favourite web browser you are greeted with the following screen:
Two menus (marked in red) offer access to various generic functions (top menu) and data types (left menu). As a default, users are logged in automatically as a guest user. In OBIS, the guest user account already allows to access a variety of functions, including
- searching for / displaying meta-information of most stored data
- visualizing interactive maps and previews of geospatial data
- displaying previews of time series graphs and images
As a default, the guest user is not allowed to access and download detailed information such as time series or geodata.
For a single dataset, specific permissions can be defined by its owner and such might differ from default settings.
The same holds for accessing restricted and account specific functions like Depending on dataset permission settings, the guest user might also download or modif
In case that data shall be downloaded or modified
Depending on predefined user permission settings, users
