BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

History

The site is rebuilt when sufficient changes and/or new images have accumulated, usually 2-3 times per year.

25 Apr 24 Updated taxon dictionary from UKSI 7,511 Taxa 124,962 Images 6,144 Identification references
19 Oct 23 Added content (mainly ichneumons) 7,496 Taxa 124,013 Images 6,108 Identification references
12 June 23 Added content (mainly ichneumons) 7,461 Taxa 122,523 Images 6,092 Identification references
21 Oct 22 Added content (mainly ichneumons) 7,447 Taxa 121,409 Images 6,061 Identification references
2 Jan 22 Added content (mainly ichneumons) 7,374 Taxa 118,441 Images 6,029 Identification references
25 Sept 21 Added content (mainly ichneumons) 7,356 Taxa 117,748 Images 6,013 Identification references
9 July 21 Added content (mainly ichneumons) 7,334 Taxa 116,805 Images 6,007 Identification references
4 Apr 21 Added content (mainly ichneumons) 7,301 Taxa 115,794 Images 5,996 Identification references
31 Aug 20 Added content (mainly ichneumons) 7,281 Taxa 115,023 Images 5,943 Identification references
15 Jun 20 Added content (mainly ichneumons) 7,250 Taxa 113,989 Images 5,937 Identification references
10 Mar 20 Added content (mainly hibernating ichneumons) and fixed bad links 7,218 Taxa 113,033 Images 5,917 Identification references
3 Feb 20 Added content (mainly hibernating ichneumons) 7,204 Taxa 112,835 Images 5,916 Identification references
22 Sep 19 Added content (mainly ichneumons) 7,166 Taxa 111,729 Images 5,916 Identification references
18 May 19 Updated taxon dictionary to match UKSI (Lots of name-changes in fungi and the addition of new Hymenoptera checklists meant c. 20% of species names changed!). Added content (ichneumons etc) 7,109 Taxa 110,333 Images 5,916 Identification references
2 Dec 18 Added content (ichneumons etc) 7,105 Taxa 109,979 Images 5,901 Identification references
9 Aug 18 Added content (flies and ichneumons) 7,036 Taxa 108,982 Images 5,802 Identification references
19 Jun 18 Added content (ichneumons, moths and reared gall-wasps) 6,982 Taxa 108,027 Images 5,785 Identification references
2 Mar 18 Cosmetic improvements and minor changes 6,900 Taxa 106,685 Images 5,740 Identification references
6 Feb 18 Complete redesign of the website using W3.CSS 6,898 Taxa 106,670 Images c. 5,700 Identification references
18 Jan 18 Updated taxon dictionary to match UKSI (5 taxa lost, presumably due to synonymy) 6,898 Taxa 106,670 Images c. 5,700 Identification references
27 Dec 17 End of season wrap-up 6,903 Taxa 106,670 Images c. 5,700 Identification references
14 Nov 17 Added content 6,894 Taxa 106,475 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
28 Sept 17 Added content 6,871 Taxa 105,847 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
21 July 17 Added content 6,814 Taxa 104,656 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
25 Apr 17 Added content 6,731 Taxa 103,075 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
9 Feb 17 Added avatars (example images in the taxonomic hierarchy) [long overdue!] plus added content (mainly higher plants backlog from 2010 & 2011) 6,699 Taxa 102,264 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
7 Sep 16 Added content (mainly stacked images of ichneumons) 6,652 Taxa 100,141 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
10 Aug 16 Added content (mainly stacked images of ichneumons) 6,609 Taxa 99,456 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
19 Jun 16 Added content (mainly stacked images of flies and gall wasps) 6,578 Taxa 98,843 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
13 Apr 16 Added content (aiming for bimonthly updates during the field season) 6,545 Taxa 98,221 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
11-17 Feb 16 Converted to run image pages off a MySQL database. Added more content (mainly stacked images of parasitic wasps and flies) 6,523 Taxa 97,711 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
30 Oct 14 Switched taxon dictionary to use the standard "UK Species Inventory". Added more content (mainly stacked images of flies) 6,247 Taxa 90,360 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
7 Feb 14 Added content (mainly stacked images of flies) 6,134 Taxa 87,810 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
27 Sep 12 Added content (mainly stacked images of flies) 5,978 Taxa 84,718 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
27 Mar 12 Moved image hosting to DiscoverLife and redesigned website to use species names in URL's and to display larger images 5,854 Taxa 82,493 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
7 Jan 12 Added more photos (especially stacked images of flies) 5,812 Taxa 81,206 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
12 Sept 11 Added more photos (especially seashore and stacked images of flies) 5,740 Taxa 79,728 Images c. 5,000 Identification references
23 Sept 10 Improved design of website (added thumbnails) and moved the references and species interrelations to separate website: www.bioinfo.org.uk. 5,500 Taxa 73,339 Images
19 Sept 10 Added more references, species interrelations (coelomycetes - first half), plus more photos. 5,494 Taxa 73,163 Images 6,356 References
20-21 March 10 Added more references, species interrelations, plus more photos. 5,431 Taxa 70,951 Images 3,786 References
28 June-13 July 09 Transferred to commercial hosting at JustHost.com. 5,346 Taxa 68,775 Images 2,534 References
8 April 09 Added more species interrelations, plus more photos. 5,310 Taxa 68,006 Images 2,443 References
20 June 08 Added more species interrelations, plus more photos. Moved to a CC-BY-NC-SA licence. 5,173 Taxa 64,276 Images 2,126 References
4 Oct 07 Added more fungal species interrelations, plus the summer's photos 5,035 Taxa 61,883 Images 1,907 References
29 April 07 Added many more species interrelations, especially microfungi, plus another year's photos 4,883 Taxa 58,854 Images
Feb 07 Lockside's server moved to commercial hosting which should be more stable and much faster after initial teething period 4,680 Taxa 53,348 Images
31 Mar 06 Added references and species interrelations
finished updating basidiomycetes to new checklist
4,680 Taxa 53,348 Images
29 Nov 05 Added more content
updated first half of basidiomycetes to new checklist
4,661 Taxa 53,051 Images
27 Sep 05 Added more content 4,657 Taxa 51,754 Images
5 Aug 05 Added more content 4,603 Taxa 50,493 Images
6 July 05 Added more content 4,550 Taxa 49,390 Images
25 April 05 Added more content 4,512 Taxa 48,265 Images
29 Mar 05 Added more content 4,488 Taxa 47,884 Images
1 Feb 05 Added more content 4,210 Taxa 44,399 Images
7 Jan 05 Added more content 4,081 Taxa 43,579 Images
17 Nov 04 Added more content 3,924 Taxa 42,101 Images
25 Aug 04 Added more content 3,857 Taxa 40,604 Images
24 Nov 03 Added more content 3,602 Taxa 36,308 Images
10 Mar 03 Added more content 3,187 Taxa 30,113 Images
23 Jul 02 Reduced image sizes for quicker downloading
Added more content
2,830 Taxa 27,465 Images
9 Nov 01 Added more content 2,305 Taxa 23,893 Images
31 Jul 01 Added more content 2,142 Taxa 20,899 Images
3 Jan 01 Added more content 2,014 Taxa 19,012 Images
22 Dec 00 Added more content 1,981 Taxa 18,748 Images
6 Nov 00 Added more content 1,851 Taxa 17,393 Images
11 Sep 00 Added more content 1,771 Taxa 15,996 Images
25 Apr 00 One correction. Fixed display of "?" id's 1,651 Taxa 14,627 Images
18 Feb 00 Added more content 1,531 Taxa 13,184 Images
8 Sep 99 Added more content 1,319 Taxa 10,892 Images
24 Aug 99 Moved to new server under URL 'Bioimages'.
17 May 99 Added more content 1,234 Taxa 9,272 Images
2 Mar 99 Added more content 1,098 Taxa 7,859 Images
Nov 98 Moved to new site and changed IP address.
14 Aug 98 Added more content 807 Taxa 4,584 Images
11 May 98 Added picture captions
Corrected a few wrong links
668 Taxa 3,463 Images
6 April 98 Condensed hierarchy
Added shortcuts
616 Taxa 3,110 Images
1 April 98 Initial Build 616 Taxa 3,110 Images

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