scrape images from selectree?

[emillipede]

the urban forest task force prefers the images and some species attributes documented on selectree. a lot of the images on that site are much better than the ones on EOL.

in the best case, we may be able to access some kind of database for images and attributes from selectree. in case we don't have that option, I'd like to get a better sense of how much work scraping would require.

the content is public and free to reuse (for noncommercial applications) per their website:

"The SelecTree information, images and guide are paid for with public funds and are available as a free public service. We welcome links to the SelecTree website, but caution that links may change. Images can be used for non-commercial scientific or educational purposes provided SelecTree is cited as the source. Citation directions are provided on each tree record listing.

Citation Example:

SelecTree. "Malus hupehensis Tree Record." 1995-2019. July 28, 2019. < http://selectree.calpoly.edu/tree-detail/malus-hupehensis >"

in this google sheet, I'm in the process of documenting the URLs for each species

@hollydo you mentioned there might be a way to automatically identify most of the relevant URLs. how could I do that?

update: Pete from SM thinks the EOL images are good for now (in particular if there's an image carousel, see #79 )