Lightning Talk: Biopython (bio) Geography Module

Abstract

For Google Summer of Code 2009/NESCENT Phyloinformatics Summer of Code 2009, I built a Geography module for Biopython. The purpose of the module is to search, download, and process biogeographical data from GBIF, much as Biopython currently accesses Genbank. Application of the tool to a historical biogeography study on bivalves will be illustrated.As required by Google Summer of Code and Biopython, the code is open access and is released under the Biopython License:"http://www.biopython.org/DIST/LICENSE":http://www.biopython.org/DIST/LICENSEThe module is described, and a tutorial is presented, on the Biopython wiki:http://biopython.org/wiki/BioGeographyThe page contains links to the source hosted on Github; here is the direct link:"http://github.com/nmatzke/biopython/tree/Geography":http://github.com/nmatzke/biopython/tree/Geography