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The Esm-App - A New Smartphone Application To Map Ecosystem Services, Priess Joerg A., Robin Elger, Jennifer Hauck
The Esm-App - A New Smartphone Application To Map Ecosystem Services, Priess Joerg A., Robin Elger, Jennifer Hauck
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
The ecosystem service (ESS) concept increasingly enters the realms of policy and planning. Simultaneously demands for ecosystem service data and maps increase. The new ESS mapping application is intended as a contribution to solve the problem how demands for and supply of multiple ESS can be mapped in a reliable and cost-efficient way. Comparable to efforts in biology in mapping the occurrence of plants and animals, the new smartphone application can be used as a tool in citizen science as well as in research projects by students and scientists. Based on The Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (CICES) or …
Whale Trails - A Smart Phone Application For Whale Tracking, Jan-Olaf Maynecke
Whale Trails - A Smart Phone Application For Whale Tracking, Jan-Olaf Maynecke
International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
Whale watching is undertaken by millions of tourists every year around the world and forms an important industry for a number of countries. Recent changes in migration patterns of whales in particular Humpback whales maybe attributed to climate change. Identifying movement and resting spots of whales can provide opportunities for adaptation of the whale watch industry in times of uncertainty. Such tracking of movements and activities of whales can be collected using smart phones. Smart phones are a readily available technology and capable of complex computations. They have abilities required for tracking including GPS location, maps and a compass function. …