CyberTracker

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CyberTracker

Summary

Type of tool

Simple to use database system for PDAs

Function

Field data collection

Online / Desktop

Mobile desktop

Computer infrastructure

PocketPC, PalmOS, and Smart Phones

Development status

Under development. Version 3.129

Time of use

Before data is made available to the ALA. At time of user request.

Licence

Free

CyberTracker is an efficient way to gather large quantities of geo-referenced data for field observations, even by non-literate users, at a speed and level of detail not possible before.1

 

Description

CyberTracker can be used on a Smartphone or handheld computer to record any type of observation. CyberTracker requires no programming skills and allows you to customize a series of screens for your own data collection needs.2

 

Function

  • Visualisation tools
    • Maps
    • Images
  • Provider interaction
    • Data preparation
  • Non-biological data
    • Site specific data
  • User interface
    • Personal use
    • Visual presentation

 

Why use this tool?

CyberTracker is designed to be quick and easy to use in the field. A user-friendly interface developed for PocketPC and PalmOS handheld computers and Smart Phones with GPS allows field workers to record hundreds of detailed observations per day. Data has few or no errors because of CyberTracker’s unique interface design.3

 

Who will use this tool?

  • Data creation
  • Data capture
  • Data providers
    • Casual users
  • No special GIS skills required

 

How will the tool be used?

The CyberTracker software allows users with no programming skills to:4

  • Design and edit a database
  • Customise Screen Sequences using the Sequence Designer feature
  • Create an Electronic Field Guide with a Species Identification Filter
  • Gather geo-referenced data with PDA or Smart Phone with GPS
  • Navigate with GPS Moving Map
  • Query and View data on Desktop PC with Maps, Tables and Photo Views
  • Effort of Patrol and Index of Abundance
  • Export data for advanced analysis to MS Excel, XML, ESRI Shape Files, HTML, CSV
  • Use CyberTracker Import and Export system to share data with colleagues
  • Change Database over the life of a project without losing existing data

 

Where in the data chain could this tool be used?

  • Data source

 

When could this tool be used?

  • Before data is made available to ALA
  • At the time of a user request

 

Availability

 

Comments

A simple to use database system.5

 

1 http://www.cybertracker.co.za/CyberTracker%20Pamphlet.pdf

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