CyberTracker combines indigenous knowledge
with state-of-the-art computer and satellite technology and
allows involving local communities in key areas of biodiversity
management and conservation.
The NGO
CyberTracker Conservation aims to make a fundamental
contribution to the understanding of complex ecosystems by
providing innovative solutions to monitor the environment
and manage the utilization of natural resources. The
CyberTracker is an efficient way to gather large quantities
of geo-referenced data for field observations, even by
non-literate users.
With CyberTracker software,
conservationists, researchers and other field workers can create their own data entry
template, or screen sequence, and use it on a PalmOS
handheld computer to gather and map an unlimited amount of
data. Provided a GPS is connected to the handheld computer,
CyberTracker can instantly georeference the data.
CyberTracker's unique design allows users
to display icons, text or both, which makes data collection
an easy task also for computer illiterate people and school children.
CyberTracker
Conservation highlights the following advantages:
