I have set up ODK at https://openbangalore.appspot.com
Will try to map some tress on my street this weekend, I will keep you guys updated. Note: ODK seemed like the most easy and practical way to do it. Thej -- Thejesh GN *⏚* ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ http://thejeshgn.com GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Gora Mohanty <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5 January 2014 13:34, rajesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think its a great idea to map each tree, actually each sapling, but go > > beyond a simple count. > > > > What is important when we hear stories like "50,000 trees were planted" > is > > to be able to followup and see if the survival rate was 1% or 0.01% or > > 0.0001% > > > > If we map every tree we should see how long each tree lives, so we can > map > > how many are being cut. If not, what is the growth and condition (leaves > > covered with dust). Is it concretized at the base or is there soil and > air. > > Possibly a very depressing picture. > > > > Lets not worry about productizing or revenue. > > We have a mobile-based data collection platform, Fieldata > ( http://www.fieldata.org ) that can be used for this, free of > cost at the basic tier which should suffice here. One builds > a form for the data collection, using our GUI form builder, > which contains all details necessary. The data can include > GPS locations, photos, etc. The form is downloaded to an > application on an Android phone, based on OpenDataKit, > and anyone with access can submit data. We would also be > glad to help in building the form. > > To get a quick picture of the facilities available on Fieldata, > log in to a demo account from the top right of the home page: > User/password = [email protected]/foss.in123 > On the dashboard that you arrive at, choose the "Demo > questionnaire", and you can have various views of the data > from under the "Reports & Data" drop-down towards the top. > Data can be exported as CSV. > > Regards, > Gora > > -- > For more details about this list > http://datameet.org/discussions/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
