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Nature Locator
Simon Price, Dave Kilbey, Jasper Tredgold, Chris Bailey, Mark van Rossum, Mike Jones, Damian Steer
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What we do
• Work with researchers and organisations to engage the public with data collection
• Design bespoke smartphone applications
• Innovate to take the technology in new directions
• Provide data visualisation tools to enhance feedback
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UK Butterfly Survey
BatMobile
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Example Nature Locator Apps
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How it worksLat/Long obtained via phone’s GPS in the field
Normal accuracy between 2 and 8m
51.391709743,-
0.170123657 Photo + Metadata
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Making a difference
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PlantTracker results
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iRecord data access
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Some statistics
• PlantTracker• 12,000 downloads
• 5,500 records of invasive species since Aug 2012
• Appearance on BBC Countryfile
• Data has already enabled early intervention
• Cost saving to the Environment Agency
• Interest from many groups around the UK
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BatMobile project
• Services such as SoundHound and Shazam enable people to identify songs they hear, using a mobile app.
• BatMobile aims to apply the same principle to identify species of bats from their ultrasonic calls.
• Challenges:• realtime on a mobile• online vs. offline analysis• ultrasound => need a special microphone
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Identifying bats by their calls...
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BatMobile demo app
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Summary
• Why it works for researchers
• Why it works for the public
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Why it works
• For researchers: • High quality geo-located data• Photo attached (verifiable… most of the time)• Enables previously impractical surveys• Improves public understanding of research
• For the public:• Can use phone to do something useful...!• Apps themselves are informative• Accessible by anyone (potentially)• Feedback from immediate visibility of contribution