Wildlife Data Collection App

[sashei]

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What is the idea

Allow field biologist to enter data as they collect it in a mobile interface, store said data locally on the device, & export it to to .pdf forms required for government / scientific data submission.

Why

Currently, the process for doing this involves carrying a lot of notebooks around & filling out forms on returning to a field office. Having a dedicated mobile application would ease the process for many & provide valuable time-savings.

Partner?

Rosemary Schiano, field biologist

Additional Background Context

Ideally will have a working iOS application for product feedback & iteration by the end of the year.

Details

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Repo: [To be filled out during exploration stage]
Waffle Board: [To be filled out during exploration stage]

[anotherpatrickcollins]

@wdoug, @sashei
I know this is years old, but we've had some recent interest in this project idea, do you have any details we could restart it?

Specifically contact information for the proposed partner?

Thanks so much!

[wdoug]

I personally don't know the proposed partner. I love the idea though.

It looks like @sashei had started a version of the project, but didn't get very far on the implementation.

[anotherpatrickcollins]

Thanks Will.

@sashei I reached out to Rosemary (only because I found her website and contact form!) and she mentioned an interest still. We have a team - actually from Women Who Code as a partnership - who I believe are interested if you wanted to come back and co-lead this, or help out in any way. :)

[sashei]

hi all @wdoug @anotherpatrickcollins ! I have just been pointed to this thread, apologies for the long delay!!

Here is the project status:
As may be obvious from the repo y'all found, I am not actively maintaining or working on the codebase at this time. I started out relatively ambitiously (it's a cool problem!), particularly to make the app portable for other projects beyond Rosemary Schiano's Sonoran Desert Project. I get the impression this is a rather large problem in the wildlife biology community given how complex their datasets are, and there could be interest beyond SDP.

I would be happy to help shepherd this project into a new life if folks are interested. However, I can't spend a lot of time writing the code myself alongside my current work.