PDAs for ForestWatch: Ubiquitous Computing for Nature

The following is an outline for the February 2005 Workshop on using PDAs to collect ForestWatch Data.

Time Activity
8:30

Hellos

8:45 Plugging in your PDA (and getting it out of the box)
9:00

ForestWatch Fall Survey Procedures

Tree identification

9:45

Installing Sync software

Creating a User ID on the Web:
http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~TeleNature/cgi-bin/survey/cgi-bin/volunteer.cgi

Loading your ID into the PDA: http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~TeleNature/cgi-bin/download.php.

Installing ForestWatch PDA Programs

Program and instructions available at http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~TeleNature/projects/PDAPrograms.html.

10:15

Running ForestWatch PDA Programs

10:30

A walk in the Virtual Forest (The Linoleum Arboretum)

Getting Tree Images (The key form)

Locations

Diameter at Breast Height

11:30 Lunch
12:30 Virtual Forest Monitoring: How does your linoleum grow?
1:30

PDA Data Upload program

To upload ForestWatch Data from a PDA to the server first Sync your PDA with your PC then go to http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~TeleNature/cgi-bin/upload.php.

Entering Data without a PDA

Reports on gathered data is available at: ihttp://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~TeleNature/cgi-bin/survey/cgi-bin/presurvey.cgi

1:45 Compare your forests: Who is right?
2:00

Data analysis with spreadsheets

Data Loading

ForestWatch Data

Pivot Table

Most abundant tree

The Rarest Forest

3:15 Wrap-up
3:30 Adjourn: Escape from the Linoleum Wilderness

 

 

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