Hi All,
I am currently working with the BirdLife Forestry department in order to develop a capacity building reference document that summarises different data collection and analysis applications. The aim of the document is to provide our partners with a comparisson of the various data apps in order to implement the best app based on what they want to measure and analyse. The table includes apps that had been suggested to me and is by no means an extensive list. I would like to get some opinions and feedback on the data I have collated, first hand experiences and any other useful apps that I should research that can be distributed for use by BirdLife partners. This is a draft table that I have composed and is not a reflection of mine or BirdLife's opinions but a collation of data I have collected from various resources. Any input on this topic would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Shannon
data_tracker_app.pdf20 August 2018 3:39pm
Hi Shannon,
The table looks pretty good to me.
A lot of what you have there is focused on the user and data collection. Do you need to also comment on the design and management of the system? Eg skill and training requirement for the data collector is really important but also for the data manager and app developer/customiser? This might lead into whether there is a difference between each system in ongoing costs and maintenance that will impact on your choice for the organisation over time. For short projects this may not matter so much but for long term projects this will be really important.
A couple of other apps which are getting used more widely for land management/biodiversity data collection by rangers in Australia include Avenza PDF maps, Fulcrum, Arc Collector, and of course there are the various bespoke citizen science style apps.
Hope that helps, Cheers
Thalie
19 September 2018 6:51pm
iRecord App - is UK specific, but allows to record over 100,000 taxa.
19 September 2018 11:25pm
Some other data collection apps.
https://www.proofsafe.com.au/
https://five.epicollect.net/
Paul Glover-Kapfer
Fauna & Flora
19 October 2018 2:16pm
Hi Shannon, this is really useful, thanks!
Thalie Partridge
Central Land Council