A new project, coming from Borrowed Scenery’s Zizim project, converted into a scientific research tool in collaboration with the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at Exeter University and Helsinki University. Doris is named after the sea nymph from Greek mythology, and will be used for mapping Lobster catches on fishing boats so researchers working at the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow can easily build up a picture of how the animal’s condition relates to location, sea conditions and tide.
Here is an initial plan for how the thing will work:
The main complexities include locating open data sources for sea states and tides and creating an interface that works easily enough on a small fishing boat under various weather conditions – for example touch screens aren’t much use if you’re wearing gloves. Approaches to try include using the physical buttons, shaking, or voice input. As with previous FoAM projects Boskoi and Zizim, this will be built on the Ushahidi platform. Source repo location to follow…
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