The Botanical Society of The British Isles the Atlas of the British Flora

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Date
1962
Creator
Perring, F.H.; Walters, S.M.
Credit Line
Courtesy of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Copyright Owner
© Botanical Society of the British Isles
Location
United Kingdom
Keywords
Data management; Botanical Society of the British Isles; Biology
Object ID
102711729

The punched-card technology used to automate offices was also used to create distribution maps of every species of plant and flower on the British Isles. Information on the species found in each 10km square plot was gathered and punched onto cards, and then printed as dots on a map to show where the species was located.