CYBERTRACKER

Sandra Mac FadyenSANParks – Scientific Services

PROGRAM

START: 08H00

SHORT BREAK: 10H00–10H30

LUNCH: 12H00-13H00 (own arrangements)

FINISH: 15H00-16H00

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

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

INTRODUCTIONS

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

CYBERTRACKER IS FOR YOU RANGER PATROLS

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

Mt ZEBRA PROGRAM

HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

SYNCRONISE & START RECORDING

THANK YOU – DAY 1

PLEASE CONDUCT A PATROL AND COME BACK WITH DATA AND SUGGESTIONS FOR MORE IMPROVEMENTS

QUESTIONS ?

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

SEQUENCE IMPROVEMENTS

CYBERTRACKER TUTORIAL

• OPEN DATABASE

• DOWNLOAD DATA

• RE-SYNCRONISE

• QUERY AND VIEW DATA

• EXPORT/IMPORT DATA

HOW TO EXPORT/IMPORT

THANK YOU!

• QUESTIONS?

• CONSERVATION SUPPORT PROJECT http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/conservation/scientific/donations/conservation-support.php