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What is this thing?

This is a wiki, a collaborative platform to generate collective knowledge. It is associated with, and supported by, the LinkedEarth project.

How is LinkedEarth different from NCDC or PANGAEA?

LinkedEarth is funded by the US National Science Foundation's EarthCube program

Say I want to share my data here. Do I have to put it up on NCDC as well ?

Why should I get involved? What's in it for me?

grassroots effort

How do I upload data to the wiki?

Currently the easiest route is from LiPD. That is, if you have a

How do I download data from the wiki?

We have a button for that! On the top of each dataset page, you will see a "Download LiPD" button. If you feel strongly that other file formats should be supported, contact us and we'll look into it.