One set of tools from transect to report

Surveyors record in the field with the app, team leads check the records in the office with the web review version, and the report engine turns the same data into species lists, statistics and report drafts. Nobody types paper tallies into Excel again.

Field appIn use

iPhone, iPad and Android. Search a species and tap to record, even without a signal.

Search by common name, scientific name or part of a name; tap the same species again to add one
Conservation status and endemism shown next to each species
Switch between project area and adjacent area; every record is tagged with its area and can be corrected later
Offline records are encrypted on the phone with AES-256 and synced with one tap once online
Tree-by-tree plant plot surveys: DBH, stems, height, subplot and recommended treatment
The interface is in Traditional Chinese today

Animal survey screen: a switch between project area and adjacent area at the top, then species search and a list of birds, each with its count and a plus-one button — Animal survey and plant plot screens (iPhone, demo data, Chinese interface)

Plant plot tree list: each species with its tree numbers, stem count, DBH and average height — Animal survey and plant plot screens (iPhone, demo data, Chinese interface)

Web review versionIn use

Check and correct field records in a desktop browser at the office.

Go through records one by one, fix counts and typos; changes sync back to the phones at once
Manage accounts, projects and survey seasons
Export the full raw data and report files

Who it is for

Team leads and project managers who compile and check the data. Nothing is stored in the browser; close the tab and nothing is left behind.

The season's record list with an edit sheet open, correcting a bird record's count, area, station, repeat and method — Correcting a record's count, area and method (iPad, demo data). The web review version in a desktop browser is the same interface.

Report engineIn use

Turns a season's or a whole project's records into the tables a report needs.

Excel species lists, survey summaries per station and charts
Diversity indices calculated per area, with the same formulas as the app and the free calculator
Word report drafts with the numbers filled in

Open calculations

The formulas are published on the diversity index calculator page, so you can check the numbers with your own data.

Excel bird list: family, Chinese and scientific names, red list category, endemism, protection level and counts per area, with family count, S, N, H′ and E below — Excel bird list with S, N, H′ and E per area (demo data; H′ currently uses log₁₀)

Word report draft table of tree and shrub composition per plot: stems by diameter class, basal area, relative frequency and importance value — A Word report draft table; the figures in red are filled in by the report engine (demo data)

Ecological data portalIn development

Species lists, conservation status and side-by-side comparisons of old and new guidelines, for consultants, developers and the public.

Neutral by design

The portal will not collect users' survey data. Where it recommends consultancies, it will list every firm whose reports meet the guidelines, never just one.

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