The ODK collect app can be used in a wide variety of applications. Designed to track elephant data in Africa anyone who is collecting data in the field should consider adapting a work flow to incorporate it's functionality.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Geography of Wisconsin
Our Geography of Wisconsin class traveled on a field trip to the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin. After coming back from the Geo for Good workshop that Google hosted I used some of what I learned on the trip. Google's ODK Collect tool allows you to make your own blank field research forms. These forms are then attached to a web page that will collect the results. This is especially interesting because the ODK Collect tool was designed as an app that can be used on Android devices. While on the Wisconsin trip I made forms for the various sites we stopped at and then filled them out accordingly as we went. Collecting then exporting a .kml layer of the points you can then embed or convert the points to map in other software. I grouped together my trip project as a blog with the ODK points embedded in a Google gadget. The blog, the Google mapping tools, and a complete report on our trip can be viewed here "Geography of Wisconsin."
The ODK collect app can be used in a wide variety of applications. Designed to track elephant data in Africa anyone who is collecting data in the field should consider adapting a work flow to incorporate it's functionality.
The ODK collect app can be used in a wide variety of applications. Designed to track elephant data in Africa anyone who is collecting data in the field should consider adapting a work flow to incorporate it's functionality.
