EcoCommons notebooks are designed to handle a wide range of environmental data formats and types, allowing users to perform comprehensive ecological analysis. Supported data types include:
Raster Data – Continuous environmental data such as climate variables (e.g., temperature, precipitation), topography (e.g., elevation, slope), and land cover (e.g., forest cover, water bodies). Raster data are commonly used for species distribution modeling and environmental mapping.
Vector Data – Point, line, and polygon data representing geographic features such as species occurrence points, protected areas, rivers, and habitat boundaries. Vector data are essential for spatial analysis and overlaying different environmental layers.
Tabular Data – Structured datasets such as CSV files containing species observation records, environmental measurements, and metadata. Tabular data can be used to define model inputs, calibrate models, and assess model performance.
EcoCommons Notebooks also integrates with public environmental data repositories, including climate datasets (e.g., WorldClim), species occurrence databases (e.g., GBIF), and national environmental datasets (e.g., Australian Bioregions).