I haven't done this yet, but am on a slow path to do it at our Santa Cruz field station near Mazan (Iquitos) Peru. Right now I only have scant anecdotal reports and a couple of spreadsheets - very infantile, yet already unmanageable. Over the next couple of months, we have a volunteer starting to collect geo info (mainly to map the trails), but we would also add observation data. The fellow has expertise with ArcView and we're hoping that he can start to tie a few of the pieces together.
Colleague of mine has cataloged some of the trees he's planted in the Upper Amazon - nice little search engine with pictures. http://www.caminoverde.org/resources - then to the tree database As for a biodiversity survey, I have a nice report of what's sold in the Belen (Iquitos) Market. The idea was to set a baseline for future study. I did a basic translation and Devon Graham reconciled many of the species with scientific names. If you or others are interested, email me offline. -Don Don Dean District Science Coordinator, Oakland NJ Schools Project Amazonas Reforestation and Environmental Education projectamazonastree.org Join us in the Amazon in 2013! On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Paul Foster <pfos...@bijagual.org> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Has anyone developed a biodiversity database for a biological field > station? Ideally the database would support an iPod/ tablet app that > could display georeferenced sightings, images, sounds, and other data > with a search feature. I’ve explored Filemaker – Bento and Access, but > if someone’s already developed something similar I may not need to. > > Thanks, > Paul Foster > > Bijagual Ecological Reserve > Costa Rica > www.bijagual.org >
