Package index • VasGBIF

Package overview

VasGBIF: Fast and Easy Compilation of Vascular Plants Occurrence Records from GBIF

Stage 1 — Import and taxonomic standardisation

import_records(): Import GBIF occurrence records
check_taxon(): Resolve taxon names via the Taxonomic Name Resolution Service

Stage 2 — Duplicate detection via collection-event keys

get_collections(): Generate collection event keys from taxon name, date, and coordinates
set_vouchers(): Select master digital vouchers from duplicate groups via quality scoring

Stage 3 — Coordinate validation and native-status annotation

refine_records(): Validate coordinates, restore metadata, and detect native status

Stage 4 — Export and visualisation

export_records(): Export refined records to compressed CSV files
map_records(): Visualize refined records on interactive maps

Utilities

set_threads(): Normalize the number of worker threads
detect_native_status(): Detect native status from WGSRPD distributions
restore_duplicates(): Restore missing metadata from duplicate records

Internal datasets

Distributions: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants Distributions
EnumOccurrenceIssue: Enumeration GBIF issue
WGSRPD3: Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD)
WorldLandMap: A simple features object of the world land map