A wireless network of spread-spectrum Freewave radios allows real-time, two way communication between the towers and the lab, where data is processed, databased, and sent out to biologists and interested parties via the internet. Animal locations and physiologies are placed in the context of other animals, detailed GIS data, and external datasets such as weather.

Animal information can be accessed directly through a database server, via the internet through our website, or by a PDA in the field for immediate aid to field work.

Custom triangulation and processing software delivers the most accurate and useful data to biologists.

Wireless networking
Wireless hardware
Workflow
Direction finding

Pablo Flores, Andy South and Patrick Jansen in the ARTS lab where the 'master' FreeWave receives data from the island-wide network

 

 

A waterproof box at the bottom of the tower holds the Freewave (top) and a 'filter box', which communicates between the Freewave and the receiver. Custom filters are also visible, which reduce interference from these electronics to our receiver

A schematic of the workflow in the ARTS.

 

 

Triangulation software by LOAS (www.ecostats.com) calculates the most likely position of an animal on the island.