Collection Researcher
Explore the Arnold Arboretum’s Living Collections with Collection Researcher!
In addition to accessing the living collections database through the online inventory, specialist and casual visitors alike now can investigate using Collection Researcher, a web application that provides unique access via an interactive map. Developed at the Arboretum in collaboration with the Alliance for Public Gardens GIS, Collection Researcher taps into the Arboretum’s dynamic GIS, or geographic information system. Users can pinpoint plants on the grounds, generate and export lists of plants, expand their searches using other databases, and conduct other analyses.
Before beginning with Collection Researcher, please read the Getting Started instructions.
Please note: Collection Researcher is not configured for mobile use; however, development of this capability is among the priorities for future enhancements of the application, as ESRI features several tools that enable mobile devices.
Read more about the development and uses of Collection Researcher.
For more information about GIS see this article [pdf] in Arnoldia.
