CYBERTRACKER Sandra Mac Fadyen SANParks – Scientific Services
PROGRAM START: 08H00 SHORT BREAK: 10H00–10H30 LUNCH: 12H00-13H00 (own arrangements) FINISH: 15H00-16H00
COURSE OUTLINE DAY 1 08h00 - Welcome and Introductions 08h30 - What is CyberTracker and why should I use it 09h00 - Design of Mountain Zebra Program 10h00 - Tea Break 10h30 - Explanation of Hardware and general Q&A 12h00 - Lunch (own arrangements) 13h00 - Computer setup for practical session 14h00 - Change sequence according to ranger input 15h00 - Finish for day
COURSE OUTLINE DAY 2 08h00 - New Sequence overview 08h30 - How to "synchronize" your Pocket PC's 09h00 - Recording data in the field 10h00 - Tea Break 10h30 - How to download field data to PC 11h00 - How to open a database 11h30 - What are Elements, Sequences and Reports 12h00 - Lunch (own arrangements) 13h00 - Queries, Tables, Maps and Graphs 16h00 - Q&A and Closure
INTRODUCTIONS
WHAT IS CYBERTRACKER SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR PDA DEVICES (hardware) ENABLING INSTANT ELECTRONIC FIELD DATA COLLECTION EASY TO CUSTOMISE TO OWN SPECIFIC DATA COLLECTION NEEDS AUTOMATIC CAPTURE OF ASSOCIATED CO- ORDINATES OF DATA POINTS FREEWARE FROM
CYBERTRACKER IS FOR YOU RANGER PATROLS
CT & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH INVALUABLE TOOL FOR THE DIGITAL COLLECTION OF FIELD DATA (with/without co-ordinates) e.g. Biodiversity monitoring; VCA... CATEGORISED DATA INPUT (Checklists or Icons) –UNSKILLED OR EVEN ILLITERATE FIELD WORKERS CAN RECORD DATA WITH MINIMAL TRAINING –NO MORE SPELLING/CODE ERRORS (e.g. panmax; p.maximum; pmax etc.) PDA WITH INTEGRATED GPS – NO NEED FOR ADDITIONAL GPS SKILLS, CT CONTROLS GPS FUNCTIONING MOVING MAPS ON PDA IN THE FIELD – Never get lost again! ENPOWER FIELD RANGERS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY – DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PARKS
Mt ZEBRA PROGRAM
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE
SYNCRONISE & START RECORDING
THANK YOU – DAY 1 PLEASE CONDUCT A PATROL AND COME BACK WITH DATA AND SUGGESTIONS FOR MORE IMPROVEMENTS QUESTIONS ?
COURSE OUTLINE DAY 2 08h00 - New Sequence overview 08h30 - How to "synchronize" your Pocket PC's 09h00 - Recording data in the field 10h00 - Tea Break 10h30 - How to download field data to PC 11h00 - How to open a database 11h30 - What are Elements, Sequences and Reports 12h00 - Lunch (own arrangements) 13h00 - Queries, Tables, Maps and Graphs 16h00 - Q&A and Closure
SEQUENCE IMPROVEMENTS
CYBERTRACKER TUTORIAL OPEN DATABASE DOWNLOAD DATA RE-SYNCRONISE QUERY AND VIEW DATA EXPORT/IMPORT DATA
HOW TO EXPORT/IMPORT
THANK YOU! QUESTIONS? CONSERVATION SUPPORT PROJECT ns/conservation-support.php ns/conservation-support.php