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/ get_scientific_names_from_vernacular_names.R
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January 18, 2021 12:59
Snippet to show how to retrieve and add scientific names to a dataframe containing a list of non unique vernacular names based on GBIF Backbone. The most likely match only is returned. If the vernacular name cannot be matched, NA is returned
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| #' load packages | |
| library(rgbif) | |
| library(tidyverse) | |
| #' example input | |
| vernacular_names_df <- tibble( | |
| id = c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8), | |
| vernacular_name = c("Beenvissen", | |
| "Bruine beer", | |
| "Bont zandoogje", |
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| # extracted from http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/110m/cultural/ne_110m_admin_0_countries.zip | |
| # under public domain terms | |
| country_bounding_boxes = { | |
| 'AF': ('Afghanistan', (60.5284298033, 29.318572496, 75.1580277851, 38.4862816432)), | |
| 'AO': ('Angola', (11.6400960629, -17.9306364885, 24.0799052263, -4.43802336998)), | |
| 'AL': ('Albania', (19.3044861183, 39.624997667, 21.0200403175, 42.6882473822)), | |
| 'AE': ('United Arab Emirates', (51.5795186705, 22.4969475367, 56.3968473651, 26.055464179)), | |
| 'AR': ('Argentina', (-73.4154357571, -55.25, -53.628348965, -21.8323104794)), | |
| 'AM': ('Armenia', (43.5827458026, 38.7412014837, 46.5057198423, 41.2481285671)), |