World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
I've found two conservation apps that might be of interest to the community.
1. Solocator - A photo taking app that immediately records elevation, latitutde/longitude and compass readings. This would be useful for someone doing invasive plant surveys, or nesting/denning locations of mammals.
2. Gaia GPS - A way for someone to map their trail. This could be useful for mapping transects, or if you are trailing an animal. You can also drop pins along the way.
What kind of GIS/Remote Sensing apps do you use?
26 April 2016 2:34pm
My goto application is CyberTracker. It can be adapted on your desktop exactly to record the data that you want (including pictures and GPS reading, but not compass direction).
26 April 2016 4:53pm
Another option is OruxMaps, free for android, not very intuitive but very powerful. But it's important to bear in mind that phone GPS accuracy can be lower than "traditional" GPS, specially when part of the sky is blocked.
Here is a test https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2013/07/15/smartphones-tablets-and-gps-accuracy/
Chavoux Luyt
Stellenbosch University
The Cape Leopard Trust