CyberTracker

CyberTracker is software from a South African non-profit company, CyberTracker Conservation, that develops handheld data capture solutions. The software was first developed as a way to allow illiterate animal trackers to communicate their environmental observations. A prototype was used in 2002 to record details of animals killed in an outbreak of ebola. It has since evolved to become a general purpose data capture and visualization system. However, it retains the ability to be used by illiterate and low-literate users. CyberTracker's primary user base is wildlife biologists, conservationists and disaster relief workers.

Software for tracking animals

For the 1994 American film, see CyberTracker (film).

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Cybertracker
Initial release	1997 (1997)
Stable release	3.3
Website	http://cybertracker.org/

CyberTracker is software from a South African non-profit company, CyberTracker Conservation, that develops handheld data capture solutions.^[1]

The software was first developed as a way to allow illiterate animal trackers to communicate their environmental observations. A prototype was used in 2002 to record details of animals killed in an outbreak of ebola.^[2] It has since evolved to become a general purpose data capture and visualization system.^[3] However, it retains the ability to be used by illiterate and low-literate users.

CyberTracker's primary user base is wildlife biologists, conservationists and disaster relief workers.

References

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1. ^ Carike. "CyberTracker GPS Field Data Collection System - Home". www.cybertracker.org. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
2. ^ "Conservation: Hunter-programmers". The Economist. 10 June 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
3. ^ "National Indigenous Ranger CyberTracker Project". Australian Government – Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

External links

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• CyberTracker web site
• Justin's CyberTracker Corner
• Learning to Track Like a Bushman, Wired
• Bazilchuk, Nancy. 2004. Backward compatible. Conservation in Practice 5(4):37-38.

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