Shinyapp for biologist: apps and usage tutorial

Welcome! This is my first R Shiny project, a simple app for mapping species observation data.

You upload a CSV with one row per observation (species name, site, abundance, latitude/longitude, conservation status, and habitat type), or tick a box to try it with built-in dummy data on Javan wildlife. The app then plots each observation as a circle on a leaflet map, centered on coordinates you choose, with a popup showing the species, site, abundance, conservation status, and habitat type on click.

You can explore the code and try it yourself here:
GitHub Repo

It’s still a work in progress, built mainly so field researchers and students can visualize their own biodiversity data without writing any code.

Why I Built This

I built the app to test a simple way of mapping biodiversity records without requiring users to write code. It remains a work in progress, and I continue to refine it as I learn more about Shiny and spatial data.

Feedback

If you try the app, I’d be glad to hear what worked and where you ran into problems.