Bird Spotting On The Okavango

In May of final yr a grouping of explorers in addition to scientists traveled downwardly the Okavango Delta inward Botswana. The aim of the expedition was to uncovering novel species in addition to collect information on the environs of this mighty river.

Thanks to National Geographic's Into the Okavango y'all tin follow the progression of the expedition in addition to explore the Okavango yourself via an interactive map. Into the Okavango is an animated map which shows the paths taken past times iv of the explorers. The map automatically plays through the whole expedition exactly y'all tin accept command of the map past times pressing the recess push in addition to and thus using your scroll cycle to progress through the map at your ain pace.

As good every bit the paths taken past times the iv explorers the map shows the place of bird's spotted along the river during the expedition.

The information from the Okavango expedition in addition to information from previous expeditions of the Okavango Delta is available from the Okavango Database in addition to API. You tin navigate to the information past times using the 'Data' push on the interactive map. The database in addition to API gives y'all access to information on creature sightings, good recordings in addition to photographs.

It is possible to enquiry the database in addition to automatically thought the results on an interactive map. For illustration y'all tin motility into 'hippo sightings' into the information explorer in addition to thought the results automatically output on a Leaflet powered map.