Route to Biodiversity

Route to Biodiversity situates humans in the living landscape, exploring the biological, geological, and environmental character of any route or location on the planet.

Connect your Strava activities, upload a GPX file, or use Situate to find your location or search anywhere. The app aggregates data from multiple sources to show the species observed along your path, the rock formations and minerals beneath it, and long-term trends in temperature, vegetation, and wildfire activity. In the US, it also surfaces the indigenous peoples whose territories the route crosses.

Biodiversity

iNaturalist, community species observations
GBIF, global biodiversity records
eBird, bird sightings and hotspots
Xeno-Canto, bird sound recordings

Geomaterials

Macrostrat, rock formations and lithology
Mindat, minerals and localities
Wikipedia, geological descriptions

Environment

Google Earth Engine, satellite imagery and analysis
MODIS, PRISM, ERA5-Land, temperature anomalies, vegetation health (NDVI), and fire history

Territories

Native Land Digital, indigenous territories, languages, and treaties (currently US-focused)

Source on GitHub

Connect Strava

Connected

Explore the bio and geological diversity along your routes.

Activities (12 mo)

All on Strava →

Drop GPX or browse

Contextualize yourself in nature.

Taxa

Biodiversity Data Sources

iNaturalist

GBIF

eBird

Search area:

iNaturalist · GBIF · eBird · Xeno-Canto · Native Land · Macrostrat · Mindat · Google Earth Engine · Strava · GitHub

Temperature

-- vs 1951–1980

-- per decade

-- dataset

Temperature Anomaly

Vegetation Health (NDVI)

-- vs 2001–2010

-- per decade

-- 250m trend

Vegetation Index

Geomaterials

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Use Situate to explore your surroundings, or load an activity to discover biodiversity along a route.