discussion / Biologging  / 8 December 2016

GPS wildlife tracking on the cheap

Hi everyone,

Should this be of interest, please see our how to on making a cheap GPS device https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaSvS0grVjw The paper here https://euanritchie.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/a-cost-effective-and-informative-method-of-gps-tracking-wildlife-updated-september-2013.pdf 

Cheers,

Euan




Euan,

Your device used a VHF transmitter. Could it be adapted to use GSM? I'm looking for tracking devices for raptors (falcon sized).

Colin

Hi Colin,

Which country(ies) would you need GSM coverage in from a GSM provider (SIM card) point of view?

I'm starting to develop GSM for an open tag design at the moment and interested to factor in a few tests with users, and will therefore need to aquire data agreements to make the solution as affordable as possible (especially is one provider doesn't cover the range state alone).

Cheers,

Alasdair