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Official source or it stays out
Anything about health or law cites its source in the footer: Brazil's Ministry of Health, the Butantan Institute, federal law and environmental agencies.
Wildlife guide
faunoteca
A guide to Brazilian wildlife, starting with snakes, written for non-specialists.
- 60+snake species
- 7family profiles
- 6biomes
- 2practical guides
The challenge
Information about snakes tends to be either too technical or unreliable, and people who find a snake need to know what to do right away. The guide had to be easy to read and cite official sources for anything about health or law.
What was built
- Species and family profiles, with photos and what sets each one apart
- Occurrence maps generated from public scientific records
- A "I found a snake" guide, with what to do and what not to do
- A legal keeping guide, explaining what the law allows
- Pages per biome and search by common or scientific name
Decisions that mattered
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Freely licensed photos
Photos come from Wikimedia Commons, credited to each author. A species without a reliable photo has no photo, instead of a random image.
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Maps generated by script
Maps come from GBIF records and IBGE boundaries, through a script that can be rerun when the data changes.
Technology
- HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Python for the maps
- GBIF and IBGE data
More work
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A showcase of charities in southern Brazil, with donations by Pix straight to each charity.
Soccer DealBrowser game
A football manager that runs entirely in the browser, where every signing is a negotiation with AI.
fghisi.com.brPersonal site and blog
A bilingual blog about engineering and leadership, with a podcast, that also hosts the other projects.
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