Data Entry, Mobile Devices, Androids

Multiple and Progressive Options (pdf) summarized to collect, analyze (tables and GIS).

Data Entry

• NatureTracker Data Collection software for Mobile units, Smartphones, and Desktop
  NatureTracker’s icon driven data collection screen on mobile handheld units, hotsync and see your data immediately on maps! Don't have a mobile unit? Use the desktop to mimic one and still see your data on a map.
  
  

  

• NatureMapping on Android Phones
  
  

• Biodiversity (Wildlife, Water, Nearshore) Modules
      The website is moving to the NatureMapping Foundation . The data entry screens and database should be online by July 1, 2011.
  

Data Analysis

• A pilot project to query databases without being a programmer! Learn how to query NatureMapping data using SQLShare.
  
  

GIS

• Learning the concepts of GIS through Powerpoint and Excel
  GIS is a powerful tool that demands consistency and an understanding of spatial scales, as well as the connection between data tables and the pictures on the screen.

  If you want to create a map of a small area, such as a schoolyard, you may not need GIS. Powerpoint and Excel are programs that can teach you the interconnectedness of GIS data layers. The following is a tutorial of how to develop a GIS layer and relate data to the points or polygons. View PowerPoint GIS Tutorial (ppt)

• ArcGIS Explorer Online
  Directly from the internet, you can create your own maps and slideshows without the need for GIS software on your computer. Introduced July, 2010, ArcGIS Explorer opens the world to K-12 students. Follow the instructions to view 3rd graders maps of salmon migration and learn how to develop your own slide presentation. You will need to download Silverlight (free from Microsoft).
  
  
• Community Explorer
  

  Learn to use GIS to help evaluate the relationship between Spartina and Willapa Bay’s oyster beds. Go to Community Explorer ...

For more information contact:

NatureMapping Support
natmap@uw.edu