OBIS now has a occurrence dataset in GeoParquet format, but to work with large datasets you need the right tools. Here we explore how you can use DuckDB to (very) quickly retrieve data from this resource.
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Working with large datasets can be hard due to memory constraints, but using Parquet files can make it possible.
Learn how to extract and match environmental data, such as temperature and salinity, with species occurrences obtained from the OBIS database.
