1. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey CDI Webinar Sept. 5, 2012 David Maltby and Andrea Ostroff September 5, 2012 Fish Passage

2. 2 CDI Webinar Sept. 5, 2012 Proposed Project Collaborate to create a mobile application to collect fish passage data  Real-time data collection  Upload photos  Data immediately available Fish Passage

3. 3 CDI Webinar Sept. 5, 2012  Other agencies –  Unanticipated changes within the collaborating agency  Significant change in participation hindered ability to gather user input from major stakeholder group  Other programmers  Documentation for existing system  Communication barriers Fish Passage - Challenges

4. 4 CDI Webinar Sept. 5, 2012  Design to work on any mobile device  Greater efficiency than creating 4 versions  Flex Mobile logical choice for 86% of market  Pick lists for data input  Pictures of structures  Who sent data Fish Passage - Design

5. 5 CDI Webinar Sept. 5, 2012 Flex Mobile chosen for initial development because it is a ‘code once, multiple platform’ environment  Robust application programming interface  Lots of examples  Access to hardware Fish Passage - Design

6. 6 CDI Webinar Sept. 5, 2012  Could not put on iOS device without having iTunes account  Flash Mobile not supported on BlackBerry or Nokia OS  More choices for pick lists  Queue data when no network connection and push automatically  Have data downloadable Fish Passage - Beta Testing Results

7. 7 CDI Webinar Sept. 5, 2012  HTML 5 version on-line  Works on any mobile device that supports HTML 5  Pick lists expanded  Automatic coordinate calculation with accuracy  Generates email to accommodate no network connection Fish Passage – Work Accomplished

8. 8 CDI Webinar Sept. 5, 2012  Back-end processing  Automatically connects to Gmail and loads data with attachments into SQL Server 2008 spatial  Nightly data dump to MS Access on FTP Fish Passage – Work Accomplished

9. 9 CDI Webinar Sept. 5, 2012  July 2012 - National Fish Habitat Board approved the 2015 Assessment Strategy developed by the National Science & Data Committee  Habitat connectivity was identified as a high priority nationally  Focus on these data and related analysis calls for the broad access of the fish passage application Fish Passage – New Opportunities

10. 10 CDI Webinar Sept. 5, 2012  July 2012 – USGS Fisheries Program Senior Science Advisor on board  Potential for increased awareness among USGS researchers to help connect needs and tools  Mobile Framework Working Group  Really close to establishing terms of service acceptable to DOI, enabling distribution Fish Passage – New Opportunities

11. 11 CDI Webinar Sept. 5, 2012  Get the application to users  Get feedback from users  Get the collected data to users via Web services (map and/or XML) Recommended Next Steps