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Simon Price, Dave Kilbey, Jasper Tredgold, Chris Bailey, Mark van Rossum, Mike Jones, Damian Steer

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What we do

• Work with researchers and organisations to engage the public with data collection

• Design bespoke smartphone applications

• Innovate to take the technology in new directions

• Provide data visualisation tools to enhance feedback

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UK Butterfly Survey

BatMobile

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Example Nature Locator Apps

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How it worksLat/Long obtained via phone’s GPS in the field

Normal accuracy between 2 and 8m

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0.170123657 Photo + Metadata

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Making a difference

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PlantTracker results

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iRecord data access

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Some statistics

• PlantTracker• 12,000 downloads

• 5,500 records of invasive species since Aug 2012

• Appearance on BBC Countryfile

• Data has already enabled early intervention

• Cost saving to the Environment Agency

• Interest from many groups around the UK

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BatMobile project

• Services such as SoundHound and Shazam enable people to identify songs they hear, using a mobile app.

• BatMobile aims to apply the same principle to identify species of bats from their ultrasonic calls.

• Challenges:• realtime on a mobile• online vs. offline analysis• ultrasound => need a special microphone

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Identifying bats by their calls...

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BatMobile demo app

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Summary

• Why it works for researchers

• Why it works for the public

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Why it works

• For researchers: • High quality geo-located data• Photo attached (verifiable… most of the time)• Enables previously impractical surveys• Improves public understanding of research

• For the public:• Can use phone to do something useful...!• Apps themselves are informative• Accessible by anyone (potentially)• Feedback from immediate visibility of contribution

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