Anyone working in data integration or know of any other existing tools such as Palantir or Vulcan's EarthRanger?
28 March 2019 10:40am
Hi Casey,
I'm aware of a good number of members here working in this space (including quite a few of the vulcan and WPS teams). Was there a specific question or discussion point you were keen to get at?
Steph
30 March 2019 9:26am
Thanks Steph. Specifically I'd like to know about the various satellite providers being used for tracking collars and if they have APIs available. I'd also be keen to learn more about the technical architecture of a data integration system.
1 April 2019 6:24pm
The Sensing Clues Wildlife Intelligence platform is especially designed to facilitate data integration from silos and to make the various types of data sources instantly analysable. The toolkit is based on serious industry standards and established solution providers and made available for free to field partners involved in nature conservation and wildlife protection. If you are interested, I can give you a demo,
3 April 2019 12:48am
Hello,
I'm the program manager for Vulcan's EarthRanger.
What we've found is that, unfortunately, there are no standards for these data. We've integrated with 30 different devices and are adding more every month. In an ideal world, all of these devices would leverage a common communication mechanism. I think there's an opportunity for the community to enact this at least among wildlife trackers - and I think we should (Steph - plug for OpenCollar!). However, a number of tracking solutions are commercially available GPS devices that are being applied for animal tracking, and it'd be very difficult / time consuming to convince numerous commercial companies to adopt a standard for wildlife.
In the meantime, our approach is to generally be open to working with anyone. We integrate incoming feeds that are needed by our partner protected areas, and also publish APIs to allow partners to perform the integrations themselves.
Stephanie O'Donnell
WILDLABS