From: Kevin Ravno <kevin@natworld.org>
Date: 2012-08-27 23:04
Subject: 3-D African Bird Atlas updates

Hi everyone

Just a quick thanks to everyone who responded to this new project. We have rewritten a large part of the project and it should be a lot faster and easier to use now. We also added several online Help videos if you wish to see more details on how to use the system, or you can log in as the Test user and view the Test data to get more of an idea of how to use the system.

g-Bird allows you to quickly and easily record what you are currently seeing in the field for any country in Africa and upload your sightings from the field to the server. You will then be able to view your sightings in 3-D Google Earth on www.g-bird.org   The system will also flag any sighting that falls outside of its known distribution range for anywhere in Africa allowing one the chance to re-assess the id of the bird while it is still in front of you in the field in case of a mis-id.

g-Bird is designed to be a fun, easy to use 3-D interface that provides a large amount of feedback to birders in a variety of different ways. It also allows you to Export your sightings into MS Excel or CSV format from the system in order to use in personal databases of your choice. Registration is free and the iPhone app is also available for free download from the iStore and will GPS and Timestamp all sightings that you add to your Trip lists. 

If you have any questions or suggestions please dont hesitate to send us a mail
Regards
Kevin Ravno
NaturalWorld Foundation
 
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