[HN Gopher] FRED: New Zealand open-access and crowdsource databa...
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       FRED: New Zealand open-access and crowdsource database of fossil
       records
        
       Author : teleforce
       Score  : 98 points
       Date   : 2024-09-25 04:52 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (fred.org.nz)
 (TXT) w3m dump (fred.org.nz)
        
       | amanzi wrote:
       | This definitely has vibes of old-school table-based layout. Was
       | not disappointed. :-)
        
         | thangngoc89 wrote:
         | I made me check the source code. It's actually built with table
         | layout, not just mimicking the vibe.
        
         | speerer wrote:
         | It's a fossil of its own. On the sign-in page:
         | 
         | > " This facility is currently under development (November
         | 2005)."
        
       | totetsu wrote:
       | https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528963/59-jobs-to-go-at-...
        
         | promiseofbeans wrote:
         | Yup the cuts across the public sector are far-reaching. I work
         | in research and we're finding it a lot harder to get govt
         | grants (from GNS specifically, but I hear it's the same in
         | other fields of research)
        
       | dzhiurgis wrote:
       | If you ever visit New Zealand you can use this map to find all
       | sort of geo weirdness and tons of fossils -
       | https://www.geotrips.org.nz/map.html
        
       | tokai wrote:
       | How is it open access? I can see nothing about libre or open
       | licensing. Would very much assume that the database if fully
       | covered by copyright.
        
       | pault wrote:
       | All the interesting bones are hidden in the Smithsonian.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2024-09-25 23:01 UTC)