Ahoj everyone, I would be interested in a very simple application where somebody (both researchers, when working and the public, when waiting on a train or sitting on a public bench) could enter 3-4 ring colors of a color-ring marked bird plus either choose a location on a Google map or let the device save the GPS position together with the time stamp and the color code. So the app should just take these data and put it in a database. Any other functionalities like allowing the observer to add a behavioural category or similar would be nice but totally optional. Thanks for any hint whether this is existing somewhere or showing interest if you think the development of such a tool is in your field and scope of activity.
Hi there,
If you're after a simple application, you might find the solution in the Zooinverse Project Builder (https://www.zooniverse.org/lab). It's a free tool to set up projects. I don't know if it can do all you want it to, but it's definitely worth a look. If it doesn't have a mapping function, perhaps you could export the data to do some data visualisation with Google Fusion Tables. Just a thought.
There are also app platforms you can pay for, such as http://naturemapr.com/
Good luck!
You might want to try to contact the people behind the "Vogel het Uit!" app which was meant for recording sightings of GPS tagged birds, but probably could be adapted rather easily for such a purpose (contact e.g. Judy or Wouter Vansteelant). The International Wader Study Group and cr-birding might be interested in helping you out there as well, since they are working on similar ideas.
There is also a Dutch system called 'animal track'.
https://animaltrack.org/, which is made for the registration of marked animals. It is however still in testing phase. But you could have a look or contact them for more information ([email protected]).
Thank you Victoria and Rien for the hints to the "zooniverse" and the "vogel het uit!", but I think "animaltrack" is so far the platform which comes closest to what could be needed for such a mobile application. Thanks also to Giuseppe Masciopinto for the offer to develop such a tool. I will most probably come back to some of you in a later stage of my brain storming process!