Software and mobile applications are equally as important to conservation technology as the hardware used in the field. Increasingly developed specifically for #tech4wildlife needs, there are mobile apps and software options designed to help with protected area management, wildlife crime reporting, and anti-poaching patrol planning, data analysis, community science, data visualization and GIS mapping, outreach and engagement, and even conservation storytelling.
Likewise, mobile games have opened up new avenues for engaging the public in conservation efforts, allowing for immersive storytelling and interactive experiences. By combining cutting-edge technology and important conservation information with a media form already familiar to the public, conservationists are finding exciting ways to make audiences feel personally invested in critical species and habitats.
Whether you're looking for software and mobile app developers to help you with your own conservation tech needs, you have questions about development, you're looking for resources, or you'd like to share your own app, software, or gaming tools, this is the group for you!
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| Hi all. I'm currently exploring options for data storage en masse. With our project we will be collecting 24hr hydrophone data, drone... |
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Acoustic Monitoring, Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects, Camera Traps, Data management and processing tools , Drones, Protected Area Management Tools, Remote Sensing & GIS, Software and Mobile Apps | 54 seconds ago | |
| Hi Andrea! Although I am a keen user and observer of the Moveapps initiative, my R or Python coding skills are next to non- existing. I am therefore not likely to be contributing... |
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Biologging, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data management and processing tools , Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Open Source Solutions, Software and Mobile Apps | 2 weeks 1 day ago | |
| I'm curious to understand how people are using satellite data. What problems does satellite imagery solve for you?... |
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Remote Sensing & GIS, Software and Mobile Apps | 2 weeks 6 days ago | |
| Hi all, In the last couple of months I have started using the Google 'Lens' app on my Android phone and I have been really impressed... |
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Software and Mobile Apps, Wildlife Crime | 3 weeks 4 days ago | |
| Depending on the type of data you're needing to collect, the EarthRanger or SMART platforms might be helpful. They each have mobile apps but also a suite of integrated software to... |
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Software and Mobile Apps | 2 months ago | |
| Hi Jim, could you please update us on your final choice and experience so far? |
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Citizen Science, Software and Mobile Apps | 2 months ago | |
| No, I was never able to figure out how to send these to anyone on here. I was hoping to learn how to clear these videos up if possible! |
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Camera Traps, Data management and processing tools , Open Source Solutions, Software and Mobile Apps | 2 months 3 weeks ago | |
| Full article here: Lauha, P., Somervuo, P., Lehikoinen, P., Geres, L., Richter, T., Seibold, S., & Ovaskainen, O. (2022).... |
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Acoustic Monitoring, AI for Conservation, Citizen Science, Software and Mobile Apps | 4 months ago | |
| Fab - thanks Carly! |
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Software and Mobile Apps | 4 months 3 weeks ago | |
| The open-source program Audacity can show the spectrograms and histograms and has quite a lot of other useful features, e.g. playing ultrasound calls slower, so it can be heard by... |
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Acoustic Monitoring, Citizen Science, Data management and processing tools , Open Source Solutions, Software and Mobile Apps | 5 months ago | |
| Thanks so much!! |
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Acoustic Monitoring, AI for Conservation, Biologging, Camera Traps, Community Base, Data management and processing tools , Drones, eDNA & Genomics, Emerging Tech, Open Source Solutions, Remote Sensing & GIS, Software and Mobile Apps | 5 months 3 weeks ago | |
| Hi there Camilo, What an interesting project! If you are looking for a lower cost, but effective tools for acoustic monitoring you might want to look into two options: ... |
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Acoustic Monitoring, AI for Conservation, Data management and processing tools , Sensors, Software and Mobile Apps | 5 months 4 weeks ago |
Exploring storage options for mass data collection
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Moveapps: EMAC23 Coding Challenge
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Thanks Lars! Look forward to any entries from you and your colleagues. If you have an questions or suggestions, let me know.
6 March 2023 1:11pm
Hi Andrea! Although I am a keen user and observer of the Moveapps initiative, my R or Python coding skills are next to non- existing. I am therefore not likely to be contributing this time... Some day perhaps ;)
Moveapps EMAC23 Coding Challenge – Participate now!
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* this study: https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=stud…
* the free edition of Firetail from firetail.de
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Phone / tablet for behavioural observations
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Have a look at CyberTracker:
I believe you can probably set up something to use as a behavioural log to export as .csv or similar.
On the hardware side I would look at a Samsung X cover series or CAT and would probably invest in battery banks as power backup.
19 January 2023 5:06pm
If Cybertracker is not suitable, try Claris Filemaker
Not for free ( but your university may have a license already ), but allows you to design your own apps on phones ( iOS only ) and desktop. You'll get a low-code relational database software. Very easy to get started and there is a very active support community for all your questions. FileMaker Go ( for free ), the software to install on the phone, has easy access to GPS, compass and other phone sensors.
For the phone-part you'll be limited to iOS, but I find them good. Just now, I tried the screen of my iPhone 12 mini, and an iPad pro in full sun ( at 11 AM in Costa Rica ), which works fine ( not excellent, but I doubt that exists, unless you use something with e-paper ). Please be aware that full sun is not good for any electronics.
For the desktop part, FileMaker is available for Mac and Windows.
Please note. I am a FileMaker developer myself, so I have an interest ;-) But even if I wasn't I would have mentioned FileMaker here since I used it a lot for my own research before I became a developer
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Depending on the type of data you're needing to collect, the EarthRanger or SMART platforms might be helpful. They each have mobile apps but also a suite of integrated software to facilitate analysis, reporting, data mgmt, etc.
Data upload solution for a citizen science project?
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If you have a server and can host a solution, install on the server your own instance of Next Cloud, Pydio or similar - it's exactly what you need without reinventing the wheel.
23 October 2022 8:25am
Strongly supporting the Nextcloud/owncloud suggestion -
apart from bringing everything you list in your requirements, it would give you a lot of features that might be useful as the project grows (versioning, failover for lost/failed data, sharing, ..)
Available for more advice, if needed.
19 January 2023 5:21pm
Hi Jim, could you please update us on your final choice and experience so far?
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Otter video help!
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Thank you for the response! I'm not sure how to find that out. It says MP4. Is that what you're looking for?
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Did you get any further with this Britnee?
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No, I was never able to figure out how to send these to anyone on here. I was hoping to learn how to clear these videos up if possible!
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New article: Domain-specific neural networks improve automated bird sound recognition already with small amount of local data
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Augmented Reality mobile app
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25 October 2022 9:22pm
You might try reaching out to the folks at Wild Immersion, Internet of Elephants, or Sounding Wild, who are all working (in part) in the AR/VR for wildlife space.
27 October 2022 2:51pm
Fab - thanks Carly!
3 March 2023 3:12pm
Super initiative! I hope you get a lot of entries to this coding challenge!