Using open source software to map wildlife in the Northern Mariana Islands
summary
Centralizes 15 years of paper permits into a cloud workflow using Google Drive, digitizes ~2,700 historic permits and launches a live system in Jan 2018 that has 685 permits entered so far, yielding 6,300 species detections and feeding a master database of ~250,000 records over 37 years. Field teams map on rugged tablets with a QGIS-based Intermaps ROM app, CSV/pandas/Python pipelines sync nightly, auto-generate ~3,000 PDF maps and monthly reports, and email success/failure logs so managers get automated spatial reports without manual cartography.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:26Where are we
- 0:52The island chain
- 1:44Funding
- 2:31Methods
- 2:58Surveys
- 3:24Other projects
- 4:01Permitting database
- 4:23Spatial footprint
- 5:08Multiple surveys
- 5:22Centralized database
- 7:04Automating data collection
- 9:01Home videos
- 9:29Land use permit
- 11:04Saving results
- 11:21Running at night
- 12:03Monthly reports
- 14:14The big picture
- 14:43Mission needs
- 14:56Species management
- 15:10Recap
- 15:26Questions
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