# \#OpenSource-community

**URL:** https://discourse.gbif.org/tag/opensource-community/6.md

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## [Georeference.it - a new open platform for crowdsourced georeferencing of GBIF records](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/georeference-it-a-new-open-platform-for-crowdsourced-georeferencing-of-gbif-records/6396)

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**Author:** [@joaquimsantos](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/joaquimsantos)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/georeference-it-a-new-open-platform-for-crowdsourced-georeferencing-of-gbif-records/6396 "2026-06-25T23:17:54Z")

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Hi all, I’d like to share a platform I’ve had in my head for five years and finally built: georeference.it: an open-source web tool for collaboratively georeferencing GBIF occurrence records. The platform works around …

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## [BAIodiversity Informatics at TaxonWorks Together 2026 May 19 - 21](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/baiodiversity-informatics-at-taxonworks-together-2026-may-19-21/6260)

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**Author:** [@Debbie](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Debbie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/baiodiversity-informatics-at-taxonworks-together-2026-may-19-21/6260 "2026-04-02T22:52:25Z")

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Greetings GBIF Folks, Collectively, many of us are learning a lot exploring what LLMs (including ML) can do or might offer us in our efforts to capture, share, and learn from our (aggregated) data and current methods. W…

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## [Forum for discussing the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/forum-for-discussing-the-biodiversity-heritage-library-bhl/6257)

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**Author:** [@rdmpage](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/rdmpage)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/forum-for-discussing-the-biodiversity-heritage-library-bhl/6257 "2026-03-26T18:26:37Z")

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Some users of GBIF will be well aware of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), a large open access collection of literaure on biodiversity from the foundational documents of taxonomy in the 17th century to the latest …

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## [Interactive Front-End to search GBIF • For non-techies](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/interactive-front-end-to-search-gbif-for-non-techies/6228)

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**Author:** [@Simon](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Simon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/interactive-front-end-to-search-gbif-for-non-techies/6228 "2026-02-04T17:44:31Z")

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Hey Everyone, I’ve built this front-end to interactively search GBIF (it’s live) and related media databases. It dynamically auto-fetches everything, and gives you a variety of query options. No AI! Designed and wri…

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## [TaxonWorks Together 2025 - You're Invited to TWT2025 May 6 - 8](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/taxonworks-together-2025-youre-invited-to-twt2025-may-6-8/5843)

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**Author:** [@Debbie](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Debbie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/taxonworks-together-2025-youre-invited-to-twt2025-may-6-8/5843 "2025-03-25T23:01:10Z")

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Greetings GBIF folks everywhere, RE: TaxonWorks Together 2025 - Registration open and free! It’s May 6 - 8. ‪This year’s #TWT2025 offers topics local-to-planetary! We list a few here to entice you to have a look-see an…

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## [Bees Only Please: Selecting Hundreds of Thousands of Possible Bee Interactions Using a Laptop, Open Datasets, and Small (but Mighty) Commandline Tools](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/bees-only-please-selecting-hundreds-of-thousands-of-possible-bee-interactions-using-a-laptop-open-datasets-and-small-but-mighty-commandline-tools/4505)

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**Author:** [@jhpoelen](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/jhpoelen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/bees-only-please-selecting-hundreds-of-thousands-of-possible-bee-interactions-using-a-laptop-open-datasets-and-small-but-mighty-commandline-tools/4505 "2024-06-13T14:32:17Z")

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See how old-school tools like bash, grep, unix shell, a laptop and openly available resources helped build some pretty big bee biotic interactions (e.g., plant pollination, parasite hosts) datasets. Note that many of th…

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## [Version of gbif](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/version-of-gbif/4496)

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**Author:** [@sofiamoya](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/sofiamoya)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/version-of-gbif/4496 "2024-06-07T11:05:03Z")

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Hi, I’m using the gbif API. Specially the request: https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?name= I would like to have knowledge of the last version of the gbif API. So I would like to make a request to know it. It is po…

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## [TaxonWorks Together 2024 - You're Invited - May 7-9](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/taxonworks-together-2024-youre-invited-may-7-9/4373)

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**Author:** [@Debbie](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Debbie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/taxonworks-together-2024-youre-invited-may-7-9/4373 "2024-04-01T21:57:33Z")

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Greetings Everyone, RE: TaxonWorks Together 2024 - You’re Invited - May 7 - 9 Registration https://together.taxonworks.org/ Please save these dates! We’re excited to open registration for TaxonWorks Together 2024. …