Elephant Collars
Technology For Wildlife Africa Collar specs
Position acquisition: GPS for positions with user defined averaging function
Activity recording: 12-bit Tri-axis accelerometer. Communications:
Satellite: Two-way communication via Iridium
Data Access Internet based downloading via TFWA data manager software.
KMZ link: Automated Google Earth links for visualization.
Telemetry location: Two independent transmitters, one VHF and one UHF transmitter (this can be made as user defined for specific species)
Geo-Fencing: Fully user definable geo fencing can be done by zoning
Mortality alarms: Automated SMS alarms in case of ACC detected mortality
Lifespan :this all depend on number of tries to satellite communication in a day, number of batteries in a collars and for elephants we can include solar which increases the lifespan( excel sheet will be provide for this)if accompanied by solar more positions can be obtained and upload(this may affect monthly data price
Weight: this depend on the species of the animal wild dog/cheetah being lightest with 400g and elephant heaviest with 15kgs
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ELEPHANT.pdf
16 June 2022 11:33pm
Great work @kangs and Technology For Wildlife Africa! Can I ask, what's the collar material made out of?
Cheers,
Rob
25 June 2022 3:26pm
its nylon rubber material
Rob Appleby