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Introduction


The APP uses DEVICE LOCATION and INTERNET (it works with 3G, 4G or WI-FI), and it is necessary to be registered in EcoRegistros.org to be able to use it. It is an application that works in a connected way with the website of EcoRegistros, which allows the APP to be extremely light for download, it only weighs 2 MG!, and by adding a species, country, province, locality or detailed place in the database of the site, these are incorporated in the APP instantly to publish records, without needing to update the APP. It is oriented to the publication of registers and entertainment, has:

  • BIG YEAR
  • LIFERs
  • Post records!
  • Voice recognition to publish records!
  • Sync without connection
  • Viewer of personal photos published on the site.
  • Personal map of routes of the current year.
  • Personal statistics.
  • List of records published through the APP.
  • List of published records with the Site and the APP.
  • Change user password for EcoRegistros.
This tool allows to publish our observations from a cell phone, of the following classes of animals: birds, insects, mammals, reptiles, fish, arachnids, amphibians, mollusks and crustaceans. When we wish to take advantage of a group trip, a waiting room or directly in the field, we can load the observed / heard species and not wait to get to sit on a PC to do it. To avoid carelessness, the APP does not allow the editing or deletion of records, and this can be done in the profile of each user through the module "Records published with the cell phone".

There is also the possibility of registering species even when the APP has no internet connection. You should use the "Publish log" as if there was an internet connection, only that the system, when it recognizes that there is no internet, will not send an error, but will save the record and allow to proceed with the following records, accumulating records that have not been have been able to publish in a new module called "Synchronize without Connection". Later, when arriving at an area with internet, you must enter the module and press the button "Synchronize" and the records will disappear as they are published.



 

Examples of screens






 

How are records published?


When executing the application in the cell phone, we will ask for User and Password, the same data that we enter in the site. When you enter the system, a menu will be displayed, select "Publish registration", and you will enter the screen for the publication of an observation, where we will request the following information:

  • Species (you can enter the common name, scientific name, name in English or name in Portuguese. When writing, this field is autocompleta with the species of the database of the site).
  • Sex (default is N/A).
  • Life stage (default is N/A).
  • Certainty (Observed / Heard).
  • Number of individuals. 
  • Date of registration. 
  • Reproduction (if the record represents a reproduction data of the species, mark when there are active nests or caves, eggs, pigeons, volantones, larvae or offspring dependent on the parents, [No juveniles]).
  • Individual in perfect condition / Injured or lifeless. 
  • Country (Default is the country where each user belongs, you can use the Location Service of the device, you can edit).
  • Province (default is the country where each user belongs, can be changed. When typing, this field is autocompleted with the provinces of the site database).
  • Local or protected area (When typing, this field is autocompleted with the localities of the site database).
  • Detailed location - optional (When typing, this field is autocompleted with the detailed locations of the site database).
  • Record comment - optional. 
  • Save to synchronize in the future (to save the record temporarily on the cell phone instead of publishing it directly to the web).

Notable improvements:
  • Voice recognition to publish records! Pressing the microphone button and saying the VOICE Commands can publish the records without even touching the cell phone.
  • Service Location of the device to auto-complete the location fields: If the Location service of the device is turned on, the system detects and auto-completes the exact coordinates, the country, province, location and detailed location, data that can also be modified.
  • Suggestions in writing: the fields species, country, province, locality and detailed place, with the data of EcoRegistros.org
  • Coordinates of the Location Service of the device for the location and detailed location: If a location or a detailed location is new to the database and the Device Location option is on, the coordinates will be loaded to the location and / or detailed place automatically. If the Location service of the device is not used then the places without coordinates will be created. In the APP does not exist the concept of "Locate in the map", but this is automatic by means of the Service of Location of the device, and in case of not using this service the coordinates are not loaded. In order for the coordinates to be loaded automatically it is necessary not to modify any field recognized by the APP with respect to the Location: country, province, locality or detailed place, with a minimum change in any of the fields, the coordinates will not be recorded. If a detailed location or location is already created and located in the database, the new coordinates will have no effect. The web system, searches from time to time locals created without being located and automatically locates them. Unplanned detailed locations are not automatically located, they can be located later when they are used again when posting records through the site.

Recording a record will appear Immediately available on the website, both in the main page and novelty, as in the user profile, in the species tab, listed by places, etc.
If you want to post consecutive observations, the application will remember Several of the data loaded in the previous record to not have to re-enter them, such as:

  • Date
  • Country
  • Province
  • Location or protected area
  • Detailed location
  • Save to synchronize in the future



 

VOICE commands


To publish records with the VOICE commands you have to enter "Publish record", press the microphone icon and speak, with that it is enough to post on the site or save the records in the cell phone to synchronize in the future.


VOZ Command Detail

[Species]: free text, with internet connection supports common name in Spanish, English name, Portuguese name and scientific name. While OFFLINE depends on the language that is configured the phone.
[Number]: free number, specify the number of specimens observed.
Observada / Oída: both plural and singular, masculine or feminine, specifies the certainty of registration. By default it is observed if no certainty is mentioned. If any are mentioned, it is the one (s) that are mentioned.
Macho / Hembra / Indistinguible / Ambos / No Aplica: specifies the sex of the specimens.
Adulto / Inmaduro / Juvenil / Volantón / Pichón / Huevo / Varios / Renacuajo / Ninfa / Larva / Pupa: specifies the life stage of the specimens.
Reproducción: specifies that the record contains reproduction information of the species.
Herido / Sin Vida: specifies that the specimen was found injured or lifeless.
Sylvester / Feral / Unnatural conditions: specifies the condition of the registered item. By default it is Silvestre. When trying to publish an exotic plant like Wild, the system forces to detail if it is Feral or Unnatural conditions. When publishing any other exotic group as Wild, it automatically changes to Feral, being able to select Feral or Unnatural Conditions.
GPS: When entering the module "Publish record" the autocomplete APP with the data of the location of the device, then you can publish various records for that place, although you have moved, to update you have to press the green button to update location. This command is used to update to the current location before publishing the record. If it is not used then it is published with the location that already has the screen.
Publicar: publish the record in EcoRegistros.org (if "publish" or "save" is not mentioned by default the command is "publish").
Guardar: Save the record in the cell phone, to be able to synchronize in the future.



Important tips on its functionality

  • When using Commands by VOICE, the notices of "Published in EcoRegistros" or missing obligatory fields to be able to publish, will be answered with VOICE by the APP. That is, it is not necessary to look at the cell phone.
  • No matter the order of the commands.
  • It is not necessary to say all the commands followed. If "Publish" or "Save" is not used, it is possible to press the Microphone again and continue sending commands for the same record, either to add configuration or make a correction of a data.


Examples of commands

"6 Jilguero Dorado machos adultos observados publicar"
"115 Torcaza Común observadas GPS guardar"
"Zonotrichia capensis oído publicar"
"Progne tapera reproducción observada GPS guardar"
"Calandria Grande observada oída publicar"



VOICE OFFLINE recognition

VOICE recognition works VERY WELL when the phone has an internet connection, but it is also possible to use it OFFLINE, you only have to manually configure it in Android. By default in most cell phones this option only goes OFFLINE when the phone is set in English. To set up telephones in Spanish to work with voice recognition OFFLINE you have to download the Spanish language from Google within the following options: Settings - Language and keyboard - Dictation of voice by Google - Recognition of voice without connection - All - Spanish (Spain) - download (unfortunately this option is not available in Spanish-Argentina). Once it is in "Installed": Spanish (Spain), it is ready to use in our APP OFFLINE form.


How to enter extensive historical lists of records?

By default, the APP recognizes the current location of the device, so you have to select the Country, Province, Location and Detailed place, select the date (all this only once), and then click on the Microphone icon and mention "species Observed to publish "for each of the species. In a few minutes of reciting the list they will all be published and available on the website.




 

Consumption


Consider that this application for cell phones uses as a means of communication with the website, INTERNET. That is, this application generates internet consumption and depending on the plan of each cell phone can generate expenses. Eco Registries is not responsible for the costs and consumption of INTERNET that this application can generate.



 

Distribution


This application is free to download and free use. You only need to be registered as a user on the EcoRegistros.org website in order to use this tool.



 

Technical installation requirements


-Smartphone with Android  operating system.
-APP version 2.x requires permissions to use LOCATION OF THE DEVICE (GPS or RED), and INTERNET (RED).
-App version 2.x, unlike the 1.x, no longer needs to have Java J2ME Runner installed, APP now has native Android format.



 

Download and install


Year Versions Spanish - Android
 2017 / 2018  Version 2.0 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3  
 2013  Version 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 Obsolete




 

Releases and consultations


EcoRegistros APP v2.3.6

EcoRegistros APP v2.3.5

EcoRegistros APP v2.3.4

EcoRegistros APP v2.3.2

EcoRegistros APP v2.3

EcoRegistros APP v2.2

EcoRegistros APP v2.1

EcoRegistros APP v2.0

EcoRegistros APP v1.0 / v1.1 / v1.2 / v1.3







Last updated on 13/09/2021



 

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