FRED: New Zealand open-access and crowdsource database of fossil records

If you ever visit New Zealand you can use this map to find all sort of geo weirdness and tons of fossils - https://www.geotrips.org.nz/map.html

This is fantastic! I'm doing a little road trip soon and will surely try to catch some of those landmarks, especially the ones around Kaikoura.

Website reminds me of https://waterfalls.co.nz too.

All the interesting bones are hidden in the Smithsonian.

This definitely has vibes of old-school table-based layout. Was not disappointed. :-)

I made me check the source code. It's actually built with table layout, not just mimicking the vibe.

It's a fossil of its own. On the sign-in page:

> " This facility is currently under development (November 2005)."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528963/59-jobs-to-go-at-...

Yup the cuts across the public sector are far-reaching. I work in research and we're finding it a lot harder to get govt grants (from GNS specifically, but I hear it's the same in other fields of research)

How is it open access? I can see nothing about libre or open licensing. Would very much assume that the database if fully covered by copyright.