Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
2008
Abstract
Cenozoic Antarctic DiatomWare/BugCam© is an interactive, icon-driven digital-image
database/software package that displays over 500 illustrated Cenozoic Antarctic diatom taxa along with original descriptions (including over 100 generic and 20 family-group descriptions). This digital catalog is designed primarily for use by micropaleontologists working in the field (at sea or on the Antarctic continent) where hard-copy literature resources are limited. This new package will also be useful for classroom/lab teaching as well as for any paleontologists making or refining taxonomic identifications at the microscope. The database (Cenozoic Antarctic DiatomWare) is displayed via a custom software program (BugCam) written in Visual Basic for use on PCs running Windows 95 or later operating systems. BugCam is a flexible image display program that utilizes an intuitive thumbnail “tree” structure for navigation through the database. The data are stored on Micrsosoft EXCEL spread sheets, hence no separate relational database program is necessary to run the package.
Comments
Citation: Wise, S. W., M. Olney, J. M. Covington, V. M. Egerton, S. Jiang, et al. (2007), Cenozoic Antarctic DiatomWare/BugCam: An aid for research and teaching – Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A. K. Cooper and C. R. Raymond et al., USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Short Research Paper 017, 4 p.; doi:10.3133/of2007-1047.srp017.