Van der Walt, MCooper, Antony KNetterberg, IRubidge, BS2016-01-262016-01-262015-11Van der Walt, M, Cooper, AK, Netterberg, I and Rubidge, BS. 2015. Putting fossils on the map: Applying a geographical information system to heritage resources. In: South African Journal of Science, vol. 111(11/12), 7pp0038-2353http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8377Copyright: 2015 Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)A geographical information system (GIS) database was compiled of Permo-Triassic tetrapod fossils from the Karoo Supergroup in South African museum collections. This database is the first of its kind and has great time applicability for understanding tetrapod biodiversity change though time more than 200 million years ago. Because the museum catalogues all differed in recorded information and were not compliant with field capture requirements, this information had to be standardised to a format that could be utilised for archival and research application. Our paper focuses on the processes involved in building the GIS project, capturing metadata on fossil collections and formulating future best practices. The result is a multi-layered GIS database of the tetrapod fossil record of the Beaufort Group of South Africa for use as an accurate research tool in palaeo- and geoscience research with applications for ecology, ecosystems, stratigraphy and basin development.enGeographical information systemsGISPermo-Triassic tetrapod fossilsSpatial dataKaroo SupergroupArticleVan der Walt, M., Cooper, A. K., Netterberg, I., & Rubidge, B. (2015). Putting fossils on the map: Applying a geographical information system to heritage resources. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8377Van der Walt, M, Antony K Cooper, I Netterberg, and BS Rubidge "Putting fossils on the map: Applying a geographical information system to heritage resources." (2015) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8377Van der Walt M, Cooper AK, Netterberg I, Rubidge B. Putting fossils on the map: Applying a geographical information system to heritage resources. 2015; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8377.TY - Article AU - Van der Walt, M AU - Cooper, Antony K AU - Netterberg, I AU - Rubidge, BS AB - A geographical information system (GIS) database was compiled of Permo-Triassic tetrapod fossils from the Karoo Supergroup in South African museum collections. This database is the first of its kind and has great time applicability for understanding tetrapod biodiversity change though time more than 200 million years ago. Because the museum catalogues all differed in recorded information and were not compliant with field capture requirements, this information had to be standardised to a format that could be utilised for archival and research application. Our paper focuses on the processes involved in building the GIS project, capturing metadata on fossil collections and formulating future best practices. The result is a multi-layered GIS database of the tetrapod fossil record of the Beaufort Group of South Africa for use as an accurate research tool in palaeo- and geoscience research with applications for ecology, ecosystems, stratigraphy and basin development. DA - 2015-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Geographical information systems KW - GIS KW - Permo-Triassic tetrapod fossils KW - Spatial data KW - Karoo Supergroup LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 SM - 0038-2353 T1 - Putting fossils on the map: Applying a geographical information system to heritage resources TI - Putting fossils on the map: Applying a geographical information system to heritage resources UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8377 ER -