New features in FeralScan
Posted on 2 June, 2014 by Connecting Country
The FeralScan website has recently been upgraded, which improves the way pest animals and their impacts can be mapped.
Improvements
- Mobile website – A mobile website for smart phone users has been developed.
- Community facility – A new community group facility is also available, allowing people to create or join a group within FeralScan, and share data with other group members. This could be useful to Landcare groups, landholder networks, local council pest control groups, etc. It is far more cost-effective to work with neighbours and local communities to map and control pest animals, than to work alone.
- Private data option – This will allow people to keep pest observations private if they choose.
- Improved data display – You can now click on a record to view its details.
The Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre has also released an iPhone App “Field Guide to Pest Animals” (Apple iOS devices only at this stage). The App contains species profiles for 53 of Australia’s worst pest animals. It contains profiles, photo galleries, animal footprints, animal calls, pest control resources, etc. You can find out more about this App here.
If you have any feedback (or questions) about these new facilities, please contact the FeralScan Team via Peter West (Invasive Animals CRC) email peter.west@invasiveanimals..com.
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