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\docType{package}
\name{rgbif-package}
\alias{rgbif-package}
\alias{rgbif}
\title{Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API.}
\description{
rgbif: A programmatic interface to the Web Service methods
provided by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
}
\note{
See \link{many-values} for discussion of how functions vary in how
they accept values (single vs. many for the same HTTP request vs. many
for different HTTP requests)
}
\section{About}{


This package gives you access to data from GBIF \url{https://www.gbif.org/}
via their API.
}

\section{A note about the old GBIF API}{


The old GBIF API was at http://data.gbif.org/tutorial/services, but is now
defunct - that is, not available anymore. We used to have functions that
worked with the old API, but those functions are now not available anymore
because GBIF made the old API defunct.
}

\section{Documentation for the GBIF API}{

\itemize{
\item summary \url{https://www.gbif.org/developer/summary} - Summary of
the GBIF API
\item registry \url{https://www.gbif.org/developer/registry} - Metadata
on datasets, and contributing organizations
\item species names \url{https://www.gbif.org/developer/species} - Species
names and metadata
\item occurrences \url{https://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence} -
Occurrences
\item maps \url{https://www.gbif.org/developer/maps} - Maps - these APIs
are not implemented in \pkg{rgbif}, and are meant more for intergration
with web based maps.
}
}

\author{
Scott Chamberlain \email{myrmecocystus@gmail.com}

Karthik Ram \email{karthik@ropensci.org}

Dan Mcglinn \email{danmcglinn@gmail.com}

Vijay Barve \email{vijay.barve@gmail.com}
}