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CYBERTRACKER

Sandra Mac Fadyen SANParks – Scientific Services. CYBERTRACKER. 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

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CYBERTRACKER

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  1. Sandra Mac Fadyen SANParks – Scientific Services CYBERTRACKER

  2. PROGRAM START: 08H00 SHORT BREAK: 10H00–10H30 LUNCH: 12H00-13H00 (own arrangements) FINISH: 15H00-16H00

  3. COURSE OUTLINEDAY 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

  4. COURSE OUTLINEDAY 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

  5. INTRODUCTIONS

  6. 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 www.cybertracker.org

  7. CYBERTRACKER IS FOR YOU RANGER PATROLS

  8. 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

  9. Mt ZEBRA PROGRAM

  10. HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

  11. SYNCRONISE & START RECORDING

  12. THANK YOU – DAY 1 PLEASE CONDUCT A PATROL AND COME BACK WITH DATA AND SUGGESTIONS FOR MORE IMPROVEMENTS QUESTIONS ?

  13. COURSE OUTLINEDAY 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

  14. SEQUENCE IMPROVEMENTS

  15. CYBERTRACKER TUTORIAL • OPEN DATABASE • DOWNLOAD DATA • RE-SYNCRONISE • QUERY AND VIEW DATA • EXPORT/IMPORT DATA

  16. HOW TO EXPORT/IMPORT

  17. THANK YOU! • QUESTIONS? • CONSERVATION SUPPORT PROJECT http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/conservation/scientific/donations/conservation-support.php

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