We want to encourage the sharing of data through the NBN Atlas, so have provided a guide to help you prepare your data.
Become a Data Partner
If you want to share species occurrence records or images, you will need to register as a Data Partner or share records via a registered Data Partner. You do not need to be a Data Partner to share spatial layers.
Sharing Data to the NBN Atlas
- Share species occurrence records with the NBN Atlas
- Share DNA-derived occurrence records with the NBN Atlas
- Share species images
- Supply spatial layers
NBN Atlas Data Partner Agreement
All species datasets that were transferred to the NBN Atlas from the NBN Gateway were submitted under the Terms of the NBN Data Partner Agreement. This is a formal agreement between you, the data partner, and us, the NBN Trust.
It gives us the permission and assurances we need from you to hold a copy of your dataset and upload it onto the NBN Atlas.
It gives you the assurances that you need from us, including that you retain ownership over, and control the availability to, your datasets.
The agreement is comprehensive and legally necessary to formally authorise the National Biodiversity Network Trust to make your NBN Gateway data available via the NBN Atlas.
For datasets submitted directly to the NBN Atlas, no Data Partner Agreement is required, but by submitting datasets, you are automatically agreeing to the NBN Atlas Terms of Use.
NBN Atlas Terms Of Use
A standard set of Terms of Use govern the use of all material made available through the NBN Atlas. The NBN Atlas Terms of Use protect the rights associated with your dataset. They are legally binding and establish the terms under which anyone using the NBN Atlas may access and use the data you make available to them.