Welcome to ALA Labs
This site is a resource for coding projects that use data sourced from the ALA. We hope that users will find interesting content, whether their focus is ecological modelling, data visualisation, or simply investigating the natural world through a digital lens. Enjoy!
ALA 
Lens
Dive into data using a new interactive interface for exploring ALA data. Try out new views of the ALA, designed to encourage exploration and discovery of species, data and place.
Designed by Mitchell Whitelaw and Adrian Mackenzie of the Australian National University (ANU)
Images (all CC-BY-NC): Kai Squires, andrewpavlov, mikegrow, kerrbrad, Matt Campbell, Toby Esplin, darcywhittaker
Research
Highlighting research supported by ALA data
Software
Tools supported by the Science & Decision Support Team
Books
Long-form resources by the Science & Decision Support Team
We value
Openness
Data are most useful when they are widely available and easy to use. We try to encourage the sharing of tools that make data from the Atlas of Living Australia more open and useful for everyone
Scientific transparency
Transparency is necessary for reproducible science. We encourage that decisions, methods and deviations are clear and transparent in a workflow from the planning phase, to the retrieval and analysis of data, to the final output
Robust methods
No method or analytic procedure is perfect. We value consideration for strengths and limitations of each method or analysis. This attitude helps researchers choose methods that provide robust results for their specific question
