PDA Assisted Surveillance

This surveillance technique uses PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) technology to provide a national system for rapid and secure plant biosecurity surveillance data capture.1

Description

It is planned that the system: 2

• will automatically collect and synchronise data with server applications to provide live updates of detections and distribution for Commonwealth and State reporting and prediction systems
• will allow transparent and consistent data exchange across collaborating organisations.
• will established mapping data standards that allow GPS modules to collect data in an appropriate form and allow the rapid compilation of specific information for area freedom and other market access issues

Function

• Data collection
• Visualisation tools
• Maps
• Provider interaction
• Data preparation
• User interface
• Personal use
• Raw data

Why use this tool?

The biosecurity problem. In Australia, nearly all field-collected surveillance information is recorded manually to paper, reducing the rate of capture, integrity, conformity and security of the data for biosecurity purposes.3

Who will use this tool?

The outputs will be used by Federal and State Agencies involved in on-ground quarantine (AQIS, QDPI&F, NSWDPI, DPIVIC, TASDPIW, SARDI, DAFWA, NTDPISM). It will also be utilised by consultants working within the plant industries who have reporting responsibilities. All developed software will interface with a National Plant Surveillance Reporting Tool (under development) or the staging databases in the state agencies.4

• Data capture
• Data providers
• Institutions
• Casual users
• Data users
• Expert

How will the tool be used?

• PDA
• All developed software will be BIOSIRT compliant
• VisualCE used to develop database connectivity and wireless connectivity5

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

Availability

• CRC Plant Biosecurity proposal: http://www.crcplantbiosecurity.com.au/index.php?id=76
• Presentation of general background and screen dumps of the prototype application are at: http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/test/PDASurveillance.htm
• Under development

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