ARDINI

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ARDINI ( digital recording of species in Lower Saxony) is a system for the digital recording of species (flora and fauna) in nature conservation . Various technologies were tested as a pilot project until 2012. ARDINI was developed by the University of Oldenburg with the support of the State of Lower Saxony .

The aim of the project is the "development and testing of a system of decentralized mobile recording devices and central GIS applications to increase the quality, efficiency and attractiveness of volunteer species recording in the field".

background

In Lower Saxony, as in all other federal states, the occurrence of rare animal and plant species is documented and assessed by state nature conservation authorities . In the north-west of Germany in particular, the authorities rely on the assistance of volunteer experts, who are mainly organized in environmental associations. Their number has been falling since 1990, as people with biological expertise are dying out and volunteers who are knowledgeable about taxonomy are not able to keep up. In the opinion of those involved in the project, it often failed to attract young observers because the current methods of location and species identification, which are common in commercial environmental offices, have so far hardly been used for the preparation of the observations and their delivery to the specialist authority.

aims

ARDINI aims to ensure continuity of species observation through the following elements:

  • Financing through the use of commercially available devices and technologies ( smartphones , GPS, etc.) and the use of open source software and freely available maps.
  • Guarantee of location-correct information through the use of GPS coordinates (instead of partially paper maps, as was previously the case).
  • More solid data through determination menus, offers of image and sound material and differential diagnostic control of possible confusion.
  • Use of cellular networks for data transmission ( UMTS ).

Results

The Jade University developed a software for Android and iOS smartphones detection aids. These are based on the common forms used by NABU or NLWKN . The data is transmitted via UMTS / GPRS or in the recorder's office via WLAN. The data can then be transferred to a web application developed by IBU (University of Oldenburg) and IP SYSCON GmbH, using the "eMapper" program developed by IP SYSCON with customizable WebGIS software. This system is also used by NABU in the Hanover region.

The University of Oldenburg takes over the web infrastructure (development of the databases, operation of the server, provision of interfaces between the web application and the software on the recording devices).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mapserver.uni-oldenburg.de

literature

  • C. Aden, P. Schaal, J. Loesbrock: Species registration digital in Lower Saxony - a contribution to more effective work in voluntary nature conservation. In: J. Strobl, Th. Blaschke, G. Griesebner (Eds.): Applied Geoinformatics 2011. Wichmann, Heidelberg 2011, pp. 196–205.
  • C. Aden, F. Kastner, J. Loesbrock, S. Krohn-Grimberghe: New approaches to digital recording of species for voluntary nature conservation - results of the development of mobile solutions in Lower Saxony. In: Nature conservation and landscape planning - journal for applied ecology. 45 (3), Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2013, pp. 101-107.