Biodiversity Informatics Journal
@journalbi.bsky.social
Biodiversity Informatics is a diamond open-access journal exploring the digital dimension of biodiversity: data, informatics, AI, visualization, and analysis.
No APCs, continuous publication, peer-reviewed.
https://journals.ku.edu/jbi/index
No APCs, continuous publication, peer-reviewed.
https://journals.ku.edu/jbi/index
This paper doesn’t stop at diagnosing the problem.
Authors propose practical solutions, including:
• incremental image downloads
• license-aware workflows
• provider-level filtering
• strategies to reduce link rot
Authors propose practical solutions, including:
• incremental image downloads
• license-aware workflows
• provider-level filtering
• strategies to reduce link rot
January 27, 2026 at 10:39 AM
This paper doesn’t stop at diagnosing the problem.
Authors propose practical solutions, including:
• incremental image downloads
• license-aware workflows
• provider-level filtering
• strategies to reduce link rot
Authors propose practical solutions, including:
• incremental image downloads
• license-aware workflows
• provider-level filtering
• strategies to reduce link rot
The paper identifies four key challenges when downloading specimen images from GBIF:
1️⃣ Licenses — what can you legally reuse?
2️⃣ Citation — how should images be credited?
3️⃣ Providers — filtering by institution or source
4️⃣ Link rot — images that disappear over time
1️⃣ Licenses — what can you legally reuse?
2️⃣ Citation — how should images be credited?
3️⃣ Providers — filtering by institution or source
4️⃣ Link rot — images that disappear over time
January 27, 2026 at 10:39 AM
The paper identifies four key challenges when downloading specimen images from GBIF:
1️⃣ Licenses — what can you legally reuse?
2️⃣ Citation — how should images be credited?
3️⃣ Providers — filtering by institution or source
4️⃣ Link rot — images that disappear over time
1️⃣ Licenses — what can you legally reuse?
2️⃣ Citation — how should images be credited?
3️⃣ Providers — filtering by institution or source
4️⃣ Link rot — images that disappear over time
Images are not just “data”.
Specimen images underpin:
• machine learning
• image analysis
• large-scale biodiversity research
But reusing them responsibly requires more than a download button.
Specimen images underpin:
• machine learning
• image analysis
• large-scale biodiversity research
But reusing them responsibly requires more than a download button.
January 27, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Images are not just “data”.
Specimen images underpin:
• machine learning
• image analysis
• large-scale biodiversity research
But reusing them responsibly requires more than a download button.
Specimen images underpin:
• machine learning
• image analysis
• large-scale biodiversity research
But reusing them responsibly requires more than a download button.
Working with specimen images from Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)?
This paper breaks down why downloading images is trickier than it looks—and how to do it right.
📄 Biodiversity Informatics
🔗 DOI: 10.17161/bi.v20i1.24326
This paper breaks down why downloading images is trickier than it looks—and how to do it right.
📄 Biodiversity Informatics
🔗 DOI: 10.17161/bi.v20i1.24326
January 27, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Working with specimen images from Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)?
This paper breaks down why downloading images is trickier than it looks—and how to do it right.
📄 Biodiversity Informatics
🔗 DOI: 10.17161/bi.v20i1.24326
This paper breaks down why downloading images is trickier than it looks—and how to do it right.
📄 Biodiversity Informatics
🔗 DOI: 10.17161/bi.v20i1.24326