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An Overview of the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Online Sighting Report System and Lessons Learned from Mobile
App Development
Matt CannisterU.S. Geological Survey
Southeastern Ecological Science CenterSeptember 2012
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USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program
• 75000+ occurrence records for 1000+ nonnative freshwater (mostly) species
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• Publicly show 20-30 data fields
• Internally store 60+ data fields
• Collection, Site, and Source/Reference information associated with each record
Occurrence Record
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USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program
• 75000+ occurrence records for 1000+ nonnative freshwater (mostly) species
• Point & HUC distribution maps
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Point Distribution Maps
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program
• 75000+ occurrence records for 1000+ nonnative freshwater (mostly) species
• Point & HUC distribution maps• Species accounts
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• Fact Sheet style information including:– Image (for recognition/identification purposes)– Taxonomy– Identification– Native & Introduced Ranges– Ecology– Means of Introduction– Status– Impacts of Introduction– Remarks– References
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Species Accounts
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program
• 75000+ occurrence records for 1000+ nonnative freshwater (mostly) species
• Point & HUC distribution maps• Species accounts• Alert system for new introductions– Early Detection/Rapid Response (ED/RR) aspect
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• Alerts generated when a species is observed in a novel State, County, or watershed (HUC)
• Alerts sent out through:• RSS• Twitter
• @USGS_NAS• Email
• State alerts• Group alerts• Species alerts• Bonus alerts
Alert System
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Alert System• 1,190 alerts issued
from inception through 2011
• 62% from personal communications• includes Online
Sighting Report based records
• 83% of Lionfish records are pers comm.
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Online Sighting
Report Form
Online Sighting Report Form
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Online Sighting Report FormAs A Mobile App?
• WE HAVE THE APP• Mobile App idea mentioned in August 2011• Programmers began working on Alpha version
soon after (as a learning exercise)• Working prototype finished in November 2011– Fully functional, including back-end sever support
…sort of
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Hurdles in Mobile App Production
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• Technological Hurdles:– None
• Financial Hurdles:– Nothing substantial
• Bureaucratic Hurdles:– Waiting on DOI to approve a
Management/Review/Approval process for App Development• Since November 2011
