WILDLIFE

WILDLIFE MONITORING

The AERP database, holding more than 30,000 observations, is the key to understanding elephant family dynamics and determining which management practices help the animals to survive and thrive in their native environment. Location is a primary input to every observation sighting and so AERP leverage the power of ArcPad on ruggedised Trimble GeoXT units for their fieldwork. A customized user interface for data entry is used to record the location, sighting number, observer name, and habitats where the elephants were being observed. Rather than transferring the data from paper records to the Access database via manual data entry, as was the traditional process, taking more than an hour, a field staff member merely attaches the handheld to the PC and uploads new observations to the database. This mobile GIS solution has significantly improved the accuracy and speed of this monitoring project.

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