iPlover smartphone application

Designed by scientists to simplify consistent data collection and management, the iPlover smartphone application gives trained resource managers an easy-to-use platform where they can collect and share data about coastal habitat utilization across a diverse community of field technicians, scientists, and managers. With the click of a button, users can contribute biological and geomorphological data to regional models designed to forecast the habitat outlook for piping plover, and other species that depend upon sandy beach habitat.iPlover app is available for iPhones and Androids on the USGS Mobile Application Directory. The app is free, but users must ask for and receive an approved login to use it. Training is...

Categories: Data; Tags: Application, Atlantic Coast, Coastal Geomorphology, LCC Network Science Catalog, Piping Plover, All tags... beach-dependent wildlife, beaches, coastal ecosystems, completed, sea-level rise, shorebirds, Fewer tags