identifying in the fields assessing the forest biodiversity
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e Flora: BIOTIK applied to smartphones and tablets for forest field surveys Dr Pierre Grard & Dr Ramesh BR French Institute of Pondicherry. Identifying in the fields Assessing the forest biodiversity. e Flora: BIOTIK applied to smartphones and tablets for forest field surveys. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
- Identifying in the fields
- Assessing the forest biodiversity
e Flora: BIOTIK applied to smartphones and tablets for forest field surveys
Dr Pierre Grard & Dr Ramesh BRFrench Institute of Pondicherry
A software with a graphical interface
• uses drawing instead of technical jargon
• allows to construct a virtual plant.
• provides users the freedom to choose any character at any order.
• permits missing data allowing identification of incomplete samples.
• tolerates certain level of observational errors.
e Flora: BIOTIK applied to smartphones and tablets for forest field surveys
Available on PC, handheld and web platform.Development is going on for tablets and smartphonesComprehensive database of 528 species – serves as a knowledge base for capacity building & conservation effortsCaters to different stakeholders from policymakers to grass root enthusiasts Species descriptions available in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam & English enabling access to cross section of the society
Digital Content for Environment
Adding new species.Geo-referencing the collection of specimen. Using the camera device as a notepad and keeping records of the observations.Upload data to a server for :
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Adding new species.Geo-referencing the collection of specimen. Using the camera device as a notepad and keeping records of the observations.Upload data to a server for :- Citizen science portal like WGP- Dedicated applications (research)
Next step…