Submitting Data

1. View and Edit inferface: Edit existing data using (HTML) forms in GEOwiki and GEOresources
2. Add New Plant inferface: Edit existing data using (HTML) forms in GEOwiki and GEOresources
3. You can e-mail us data in any format (PDF, Excel, HTML, KML, ...) and we will incorporate it into the database after validation
4. If there are data fields you would like us to add to the database, please send us an e-mail and we will add them assuming there is sufficient interest.

Viewing downloaded data on Google Earth

1. Install free version of Google Earth on your computer.
2. Select plant type, country and decade on the Download Data page of GEOwiki
3. Download, as a KML file, selected data onto your computer.
4. KML (or zipped KMZ) files can be viewed [and edited] using Google Earth [editor]. See Google Earth User Guide
5. For KML language guide see: KML reference guide

You can help us by

1. Informing us of mistakes, official revised data and new information
2. Providing us with additional data, links to data, references, or other ways of verifying and validating data.
3. Sharing your thoughts and ideas on how to help the world move towards cheap clean energy for all
4. Developing analysis tools

Acknowledgements

1. We will be very happy to acknowledge your contributions. It is partly for this reason we ask users to register when accessing the database to edit or add new information
2. It is essential that we are able to validate the data before it becomes part of our moderated database
3. It is very important that you include the source[s] of information and references to the data you provide to help us validate it
4. If any data are challenged as proprietary or copyrighted, we will respond as specified by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
5. Please acknowledge our contributions and reference us as follows: "Data obtained from http://openmodel.newmexicoconsortium.org/GEOwiki".

Moderation

We do our best to cross-check and validate all the data we receive. To facilitate this process we are seeking volunteers to act as moderators. Our goal is to provide the highest quality data and preserve the scientific integrity of the data.

We need volunteers:

Subject area experts who are willing to serve as moderators.

Software and Web designers to manage data and help build analysis capability

Periodic updates of the moderated database

Based on the level of feedback, availability of our time and the extent of community effort, the moderated data files will be updated frequently in order to keep the data and information as current as possible.