Figure 1.
Flow of information through the WVC Reporter system.
Using the WVC Reporter system, data are collected in the field using smartphones and a mobile web application. Collected data are then transferred via mobile broadband internet to a centralized database that is dynamically linked to a desktop web application where WVC locations can be viewed.
Figure 2.
WVC Reporter map viewer depicting spatial patterns in wildlife-vehicle collisions.
Spatial patterns in wildlife-vehicle collisions can be efficiently analyzed at both broad (left image) and fine (right image) scale extents using the WVC Reporter map viewer.
Table 1.
Horizontal error (m) for locations collected with smartphones (Droid and iPhone) using the WVC reporter and a standalone Garmin GPS receiver.
Table 2.
A comparison of entry times for data collected with the WVC Reporter application and the pen/paper method.
Table 3.
Errors for location data that were collected using the pen/method and then transcribed into an electronic spreadsheet.