diff --git a/src/SpeciesDistributionToolkit.jl b/src/SpeciesDistributionToolkit.jl
index 5416a9559..ac026d956 100644
--- a/src/SpeciesDistributionToolkit.jl
+++ b/src/SpeciesDistributionToolkit.jl
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ include("integrations/makie.jl")
 # SDeMo
 include("integrations/sdemo.jl")
 
+# OccurrencesInterface
+include("integrations/occurrence_interface.jl")
+
 # Functions for pseudo-absence generation
 include("pseudoabsences.jl")
 export WithinRadius, SurfaceRangeEnvelope, RandomSelection, DistanceToEvent
diff --git a/src/integrations/gbif_layers.jl b/src/integrations/gbif_layers.jl
index 968a5d0b8..7bec2b1d2 100644
--- a/src/integrations/gbif_layers.jl
+++ b/src/integrations/gbif_layers.jl
@@ -1,86 +1,11 @@
-import Base: getindex
-import Base: setindex!
-import SimpleSDMLayers: mask!, mask
-
-"""
-    Base.getindex(p::T, occurrence::GBIF.GBIFRecord) where {T <: SimpleSDMLayer}
-
-Extracts the value of a layer at a given position for a `GBIFRecord`. If the
-`GBIFRecord` has no latitude or longitude, this will return `nothing`.
-"""
-function Base.getindex(layer::SDMLayer, record::GBIF.GBIFRecord)
-    ismissing(record.latitude) && return nothing
-    ismissing(record.longitude) && return nothing
-    return layer[record.longitude, record.latitude]
-end
-
-"""
-    Base.setindex!(layer::SDMLayer, v, record::GBIFRecord)
-
-Changes the values of the cell including the point at the requested latitude and
-longitude.
-"""
-function Base.setindex!(
-    layer::SDMLayer{T},
-    v::T,
-    record::GBIF.GBIFRecord,
-) where {T}
-    ismissing(record.latitude) && return nothing
-    ismissing(record.longitude) && return nothing
-    return setindex!(layer, v, record.longitude, record.latitude)
-end
-
-"""
-    Base.getindex(layer::T, records::GBIF.GBIFRecords) where {T <: SimpleSDMLayer}
-
-Returns the values of a layer at all occurrences in a `GBIFRecords` collection.
-"""
-function Base.getindex(layer::SDMLayer, records::GBIF.GBIFRecords)
-    K = eltype(layer)
-    return convert(
-        Vector{K},
-        filter(!isnothing, [layer[r] for r in records]),
-    )
-end
-
-"""
-    Base.getindex(layer::SDMLayer, records::Vector{GBIF.GBIFRecord})
-
-Returns the values of a layer at all occurrences in a `GBIFRecord` array.
-"""
-function Base.getindex(layer::SDMLayer, records::Vector{GBIF.GBIFRecord})
-    return [layer[record] for record in records]
-end
-
-function SimpleSDMLayers.quantize(layer::SDMLayer, records::GBIFRecords)
-    ef = StatsBase.ecdf(layer[records])
-    return ef.(layer)
-end
-
-function SimpleSDMLayers.mask(layer::SDMLayer, records::GBIF.GBIFRecords)
-    out = zeros(layer, Bool)
-    for record in records
-        out[record] = true
-    end
-    return out
-end
-
-function SimpleSDMLayers.mask(
-    layer::SDMLayer,
-    records::GBIF.GBIFRecords,
-    ::Type{T},
-) where {T <: Number}
-    out = zeros(layer, T)
-    for record in records
-        out[record] += one(T)
-    end
-    return out
-end
-
 function _bbox_from_layer(layer::SDMLayer)
     EL = eastings(layer)
     NL = northings(layer)
-    prj = SimpleSDMLayers.Proj.Transformation(layer.crs, "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs"; always_xy = true)
+    prj = SimpleSDMLayers.Proj.Transformation(
+        layer.crs,
+        "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs";
+        always_xy = true,
+    )
 
     b1 = [prj(EL[1], n) for n in NL]
     b2 = [prj(EL[end], n) for n in NL]
@@ -107,4 +32,4 @@ function GBIF.occurrences(layer::SDMLayer, query::Pair...)
     query = (query..., "decimalLongitude" => (spatial_extent.left, spatial_extent.right))
     query = (query..., "hasCoordinate" => true)
     return occurrences(query...)
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/src/integrations/makie.jl b/src/integrations/makie.jl
index 81b99fb22..847c68df9 100644
--- a/src/integrations/makie.jl
+++ b/src/integrations/makie.jl
@@ -8,15 +8,9 @@ function sprinkle(layer::SDMLayer)
     )
 end
 
-function sprinkle(records::GBIFRecords)
-    lon = Float32.(replace(longitudes(records), missing => NaN))
-    lat = Float32.(replace(latitudes(records), missing => NaN))
-    return (lon, lat)
-end
-
-function sprinkle(records::Vector{GBIFRecord})
-    lon = Float32.(replace(longitudes.(records), missing => NaN))
-    lat = Float32.(replace(latitudes.(records), missing => NaN))
+function sprinkle(coll::T) where {T <: AbstractOccurrenceCollection}
+    lon = Float32.(replace(longitudes(coll), missing => NaN))
+    lat = Float32.(replace(latitudes(coll), missing => NaN))
     return (lon, lat)
 end
 
@@ -42,7 +36,7 @@ end
 
 function MakieCore.convert_arguments(
     P::MakieCore.PointBased,
-    layer::T
+    layer::T,
 ) where {T <: SDMLayer{Bool}}
     return MakieCore.convert_arguments(P, sprinkle(ones(nodata(layer, false), Float32))...)
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/src/integrations/occurrence_interface.jl b/src/integrations/occurrence_interface.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b7662330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integrations/occurrence_interface.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import Base: getindex
+import Base: setindex!
+import SimpleSDMLayers: mask!, mask
+
+"""
+    Base.getindex(p::T, occ::AbstractOccurrence)
+
+Extracts the value of a layer at a given position for a `AbstractOccurrence`. If the
+`AbstractOccurrence` has no latitude or longitude, this will return `nothing`.
+"""
+function Base.getindex(layer::SDMLayer, occ:T) where {T <: AbstractOccurrence}
+    ismissing(place(occ)) && return nothing
+    return layer[place(occ)...]
+end
+
+"""
+    Base.setindex!(layer::SDMLayer, v, occ::T) where {T <: AbstractOccurrence}
+
+Changes the values of the cell including the point at the requested latitude and
+longitude.
+"""
+function Base.setindex!(
+    layer::SDMLayer{T},
+    v::T,
+    occ::O,
+) where {T, O <: AbstractOccurrence}
+    ismissing(place(occ)) && return nothing
+    return setindex!(layer, v, place(occ)...)
+end
+
+"""
+    Base.getindex(layer::SDMLayer, occ::T) where {T <: AbstractOccurrenceCollection}
+
+Returns the values of a layer at all occurrences in a `AbstractOccurrenceCollection`.
+"""
+function Base.getindex(layer::SDMLayer, occ::T) where {T <: AbstractOccurrenceCollection}
+    K = eltype(layer)
+    return convert(
+        Vector{K},
+        filter(!isnothing, [layer[o] for o in elements(occ)]),
+    )
+end
+
+function SimpleSDMLayers.quantize(
+    layer::SDMLayer,
+    occ:T,
+) where {T <: AbstractOccurrenceCollection}
+    ef = StatsBase.ecdf(layer[occ])
+    return ef.(layer)
+end
+
+function SimpleSDMLayers.mask(
+    layer::SDMLayer,
+    occ::T,
+) where {T <: AbstractOccurrenceCollection}
+    out = zeros(layer, Bool)
+    for record in elements(occ)
+        out[record] = presence(occ)
+    end
+    return out
+end
+
+function SimpleSDMLayers.mask(
+    layer::SDMLayer,
+    occ::O,
+    ::Type{T},
+) where {T <: Number, O <: AbstractOccurrenceCollection}
+    out = zeros(layer, T)
+    for record in elements(occ)
+        out[record] += one(T)
+    end
+    return out
+end