CyberTracker is software from a

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n non-profit company, CyberTracker Conservation, that develops handheld

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solutions. The

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was first developed as a way to allow illiterate

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ers to communicate their environmental observations. A prototype was used in 2002 to record details of animals killed in an outbreak of

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. It has since evolved to become a general purpose data capture and visualization system. However, it retains the ability to be used by

illiterate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

and low-literate users. CyberTracker's primary user base is wildlife

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conservationists The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to manage and protect natural resources, including animal, fungus, and plant species as well as their habitat for the ...

and

disaster relief Emergency management (also Disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actu ...

workers.

References

External links

CyberTracker web site

Justin's CyberTracker Corner

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* Bazilchuk, Nancy. 2004
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