CATE2 Fungus Records Database

Database technical design & interface by
Geoff Hammond from Mediatopia

Database Help and Search Options
The full CATE2 User Manual is accessible by clicking here. The following page includes a brief summary only. CATE2 is the successor to CATE1, which has now been decommissioned. You can also go directly to CATE 2 via the new URL: http://cate.abfg.org Members of the public obtain extensive access but with sensitive fields excluded. In order to access the full database, including all detailed grid references and placenames, you will need a username and password. They maybe the same as those that you had for CATE1, but you will still need to apply to Michael Jordan to have your CATE2 access re-activated. If you wish to register for the first time, please contact Michael Jordan. Note that registered access is conditional. The ABFG does not subscribe to'Creative Commons' licensing, which we feel runs contrary to the wider conservation interest. So if you have not already done so, you will be requested to sign a Standard Disclosure Agreement before gaining registered access. Searches of the CATE2 database: The way to conduct a search for specific data on CATE2 is by accessing the Filters in the centre of the top toolbar of the main dataset and completing one or more of the boxes as appropriate. You can generally do this by simply inserting a word or words. But when a dropdown appears you will need to left click on the dropdown to confirm your search requirement. There are various options according to the type of information you wish to extract. CATE Species Records will generate precise filters based on which ever criteria you choose, from species names, to places, to recorders. By clicking on column heading you can change priorities. CATE Species Totals will generate overall analyses. So, for example, you can enter a Vice County or a Place (subject to login access) and access a range of summary totals. By activating the popups you will also be able to access the details of those summaries. CATE Species Mapping is now state-of-the-art and is perhaps the best wildlife mapping system available in the UK. If the grid co-ordinates are sufficient and a user has registered access, it is possible to focus down with a resolution of 10 metres any where in the British Isles, excluding Ireland and the Channel Islands. Recording Online This is the most significant advance of CATE2. Today, online recording is quick, easy and accurate in ways that have not been possible hitherto. The module is equally accessible to users on MS Windows or Apple Mac. There is no reliance on older Excel or Access-based systems including Mycorec, Recorder and Mapmate. Your records are entered efficiently with very limited keyboard use, and are quite safe. Downloads of your records are promptly available in .csv, Access or Excel format.

Database Help and Search Options

The full CATE2 User Manual is accessible by clicking here. The following page includes a brief summary only.

CATE2 is the successor to CATE1, which has now been decommissioned. You can also go directly to CATE 2 via the new URL: http://cate.abfg.org

Members of the public obtain extensive access but with sensitive fields excluded. In order to access the full database, including all detailed grid references and placenames, you will need a username and password. They maybe the same as those that you had for CATE1, but you will still need to apply to Michael Jordan to have your CATE2 access re-activated. If you wish to register for the first time, please contact Michael Jordan. Note that registered access is conditional.

The ABFG does not subscribe to'Creative Commons' licensing, which we feel runs contrary to the wider conservation interest. So if you have not already done so, you will be requested to sign a Standard Disclosure Agreement before gaining registered access.

Searches of the CATE2 database:

The way to conduct a search for specific data on CATE2 is by accessing the Filters in the centre of the top toolbar of the main dataset and completing one or more of the boxes as appropriate. You can generally do this by simply inserting a word or words. But when a dropdown appears you will need to left click on the dropdown to confirm your search requirement.

There are various options according to the type of information you wish to extract.

CATE Species Records will generate precise filters based on which ever criteria you choose, from species names, to places, to recorders. By clicking on column heading you can change priorities.

CATE Species Totals will generate overall analyses. So, for example, you can enter a Vice County or a Place (subject to login access) and access a range of summary totals. By activating the popups you will also be able to access the details of those summaries.

CATE Species Mapping is now state-of-the-art and is perhaps the best wildlife mapping system available in the UK. If the grid co-ordinates are sufficient and a user has registered access, it is possible to focus down with a resolution of 10 metres any where in the British Isles, excluding Ireland and the Channel Islands.

Recording Online

This is the most significant advance of CATE2. Today, online recording is quick, easy and accurate in ways that have not been possible hitherto. The module is equally accessible to users on MS Windows or Apple Mac. There is no reliance on older Excel or Access-based systems including Mycorec, Recorder and Mapmate. Your records are entered efficiently with very limited keyboard use, and are quite safe. Downloads of your records are promptly available in .csv, Access or Excel format.