Smart phone-macro lens setup (SPMLS): a low-cost and portable photography device for amateur taxonomists, biodiversity researchers, and citizen enthusiasts

Riyaz, Muzafar; Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu

doi:10.1186/s42269-023-01120-y

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 3 A list of online data depositories and standard uploading sites for citizen scientists, researchers, and photographers

From: Smart phone-macro lens setup (SPMLS): a low-cost and portable photography device for amateur taxonomists, biodiversity researchers, and citizen enthusiasts

S. No.	Popular photograph uploading online data depositories for researchers and citizen scientists	Range	Publicizing/sharing/selling/ posting/stocking online standard websites and social media handles	Range
1	inaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/	Global	Flicker https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/flicker/	Global
2	GBIF https://www.gbif.org/	–	500px https://500px.com/	–
3	India Biodiversity Portal https://indiabiodiversity.org/	India	Facebook https://www.facebook.com/	–
4	Vanessa Migration Project https://vanessa.ent.iastate.edu/2021-vanessa-migration-project-vanessa-butterfly-biogeography-study	Global	Instagram https://www.instagram.com/	–
5	Pieris Project https://www.pierisproject.org/	–	Google photos https://www.google.com/photos/about/	–
6	Biodiversity Heritage Library \| Flickr https://www.flickr.com/people/biodivlibrary/	–	Getty images https://www.gettyimages.com/	–
7	Wikispecies https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page	–	Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com/	–
8	Anecdata https://www.anecdata.org/	–	istock https://www.istockphoto.com/	–
9	Operation Wallacea https://www.opwall.com/	–	123f https://www.123rf.com/
10	Ontario Butterfly Atlas Online https://www.ontarioinsects.org/atlas/	Canada	Alamy http://www.alamy.com/
11	NatureWatch NZ http://naturewatch.org.nz/	New Zealand	Adobe Stock https://stock.adobe.com/
12	Natusfera https://natusfera.gbif.es/	Europe	Etsy https://www.etsy.com/in-en/
13	Odonata Central https://www.odonatacentral.org/	North America	Fotomoto https://www.fotomoto.com/
14	National Moth Week (NMW) http://nationalmothweek.org/	Global	Crestock http://www.crestock.com/
15	Instant Wild https://instantwild.zsl.org/	–	Snapped4u https://snapped4u.com/
16	Kelab Alami https://kelabalami.weebly.com/	Malaysia	PhotoShelter https://www.photoshelter.com/
17	Taxon expeditions https://taxonexpeditions.com/	Borneo, Montenegro	TourPhotos https://tourphotos.com/
18	Wildlife Spotter https://scistarter.org/wildlife-spotter	Australia	Dreamstime https://www.dreamstime.com/
19	Monarch Watch https://monarchwatch.org/	Canada, USA	CanStock Photo http://www.canstock.photo/
20	BioNote https://www.climate-kic.org/start-ups/bionote/	Global	Canva http://www.canva.com/

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