Hello,
I'm wondering if anyone in this community has designed tracking collars for species that a standard conventional collar might not work for, and if so, are those plans open source? Some wildlife I was thinking of in particular would be giraffes, pygmy hippos, pika and pangolins, as their body shape is unique and would require different designs/components to build effective systems.
24 February 2017 11:36pm
Hi,
i've build collars for quite a few "non-standard" collared species. I tend to modify cheap consumer GPS devices to do so. It's a few years old now, but attached is a link to a video I made on modifying GPS devices for wildlife.
https://youtu.be/UaSvS0grVjw
feel free to email me with any specific questions you have.
Lars Holst Hansen
Aarhus University
5 January 2023 7:59am
Have a look at this for an example of unconventional tracker designs:
Blake Allan