Collector tracks invasive species management efforts

Casey Jones, Director of Land Management

Collector?

• It’s a free ESRI app• Enables feature creation, editing and

updates from the field

Los problemas

• Handheld gps devices were being used but, data entry is the field was incredibly cumbersome.

• After-the-fact data cleanup never happened as quickly as it should have.

• Land management staff doubles in the summer with interns; thanks to the Olive B. Cole Foundation :)

• This makes it even more important to find out who worked where and when.

• We needed to record associated data in the event that something didn’t work right and also to monitor our effort.

Materials, methods

• Apple devices (iPads and iPods), wi-fi only (no cellular data)

• Yes, apple still makes iPod touches. • Bluetooth gps receivers

• iPhones and cellular models of iPads have gps receivers built in.

• We started with Garmin GLO devices but, more recently, we’ve replaced old GLO devices with Bad Elf receivers. They’re better and they gave us a friendly discount.

• Built in ArcGis Pro, served up in AGOL

$299

$189

$199

$100

If you don’t force quality data…

Multiflora rose autoli, mfrose, honeysuckle

Multifloral rose m f rose honeysuckle Rose honey olive

m f rose rose honeysuckle Rose olive honey

ros3 Mf rose honeysuckle

honey, rose honey

Ailanthis rose honey honey suck

atlantis honey rose

atlanthus micvim, not much at all!

Honey rose ailanthus bittersweet

Multi floral rose, honeysuckle, autumn olive, Japanese barberry

Multiflora rose, honeysuckle, autumn olive, privite, atlanthus

Force quality data — use domains

monocots

dicots

microstegium vimineum

lonicera spp.

rosa multiflora

elaeagnus umbellata

other (specify below)

ligustrum spp.

ailanthus altissima

phalaris arundinacea

phragmites australis

typha spp.

clethodim

glyphosate

other (specify below)

picloram, 2,4-d

triclopyr, 2,4-d

triclopyr

water-safe glyphosate

clethodim

selective

non-selective

none

Bush honeysuckleCaprifoliaceae

Autumn oliveElaeagnus umbellata

Multiflora roseRosa multiflora

Offline mode

Offline mode

• Have to download maps to device.• Feature layer settings

• Definitely enable editing• Definitely enable sync• Maybe still have to use the tag ‘offline-ready’(?)• Other options are by preference

DoneCollectin’

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Visualizing it on the other side

• Raw• Bicentennial three-year EQIP contract

• Displayed as cumulative work (‘progressively displays all the data’)

• Cedar creek corridor work• Displays work in specific interval

• Dashboard (manager view)

Noventa y ocho problemas

• We just work too much. We tried to narrow the amount of data transferred by dividing the area into blocks but, the whole feature is still syncing anyways.

• There have been some improvements made since we created the map in march. Map settings now have special ‘offline’ settings. I haven’t tinkered with ‘em yet.

• Androids• Interns• Using it• My own limited knowledge (custom basemaps, related tables, more)• Waiting on aurora project…

Casey JonesDirector of land managementcjones@acreslandtrust.org2606372273; 6