Thursday, 11 August 2011

Easy Recorder

We have been working on Easy Recorder, a series of simple recording apps for Google Android. The first couple are now available from the Android Market.
Easy Recorder British Birds
Easy Recorder Garden Plants
 

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Free version of AditSite

Free wildlife recording and mapping software 


AditSite

  • For ecological, biological and wildlife recording and mapping - simply the best
  • The choice for all discerning professionals and amateurs alike
  • AditSite packs in all the features you need, while the extensive data import and export facilities ensure that you can integrate your data with everyone working in your field 

Recording

  • Record using comprehensive species lists free with AditSite (over 60 lists, 150,000+ species, to date)

    e.g. birds, insects, wild flowers, mammals, lace wings, spiders, RSPB bird list,
    butterflies and moths, mosses/liverworts/lichens, molluscs, galls, dragonflies,
    BSBI complete, mycology, reptiles, amphibians, NBN complete, coloeptera etc.
  • Add your own species list and share them with other users; add/amend items in the existing lists, or request a list direct from Adit Limited
  • Automatically replicate fields
  • Rapid search for selecting species - code, shortname, partial name etc.
  • Create customised data entry screen
  • Flexible entry dates (e.g. year only)
  • Choose your preferred count system (e.g. DAFOR, DOMIN, Presence/Absence, Zero)
  • Define counts for types of records
  • Set up record cards for bulk entry of counts for several species at once
  • Geographical location by grid reference (OS, Lat and Long, UTM), click on a map, enter manually or add position via GPS
  • Add your own user-defined fields for each species list and subsequently for data selection and reporting
  • Link notes, documents and pictures (including instant internet picture search) to certain records
  • Restrict others from having access to sensitive data

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Reporting

  • Select data using the standard Adit tools, customise reports or by selecting data plotted on a map
  • Use or modify the built-in reports, e.g. Data list, Item list, Items per site, Item range, Diary, Monthly maximums, Items at site, Query (advanced users can build their own SQL queries)
  • Create your own user-defined Reports with the report generator - by Species, Date, Reference, Recorder and Site
  • Quick Graph, Quick Sort, Quick Search on any column of data
  • Automatic scheduling
  • Create web pages from your data
  • Create user-defined Report Groups to link species of special interest (from different groups if you want). Use the report group to aid data input
  • Link sites together to form larger reporting areas
  • Drill down to complete details of individual records
  • Hyper-indexing on all columns - click on an item in the index to find that item

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Data import and export

  • Exchange data with other AditSite users (or collate data centrally) - all records in a selection or just records added since the last report
  • Export data to your favourite word-processor, database or spreadsheet
  • Use Tab, Comma, Flatfile, Clipboard to export
  • Paste Maps and Graphs directly into your text, or use industry-standard reporting tools for additional access to the data (including XML format)
  • Export data via the BSBI data transfer standard
  • Export data to GIS, MapInfo, GIS Arcview, NBN Gateway
  • Export data to DMAP via the integrated link
  • Import from Levana, Transect Walker
  • Export data to your handheld (AditTrec)
  • Two way links to your GPS to collect recordings and to pilot you back to key locations

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Plotting

  • Present data on maps in as simple or complex a manner as you like, from within AditSite (using AditMap, our map building package) or DMAP
  • Plot Sightings for any area even if you do not have a map
  • Automatic size to fit page for printing
  • Pre-post date split plotting for data analysis
  • Atlas printing system
  • Use the built-in graphing facilities to explain trends and make key evaluations, e.g. 2 and 5 year comparison, species comparison, statistical analysis, species population analysis, seasonal or migratory assessment