[Taxacom] Fwd: Fwd: Any suggestions of open source monitoring software/web sites that stores and makes available location images?

[Tony Rees]

As happens sometimes, Taxacom emails managed to stuff up the URL I sent, I
will try again:

  https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Wistmans%20Wood%20Dartmoor

if this gets mangled again, just add "?text=Wistmans%20Wood%20Dartmoor"
after the portion "https://www.flickr.com/search/" in your browser address
bar.

Trying one last time - Tony

Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
https://about.me/TonyRees

On 4 December 2017 at 18:41, Mary Barkworth <Mary.Barkworth at usu.edu> wrote:

> I really do appreciate all your suggestions. I shall start trying it
> tomorrow - my interest is in getting people involved in monitoring in
> Somaliland.  This might mean people with very minimal abilities but part of
> the purpose is monitoring, another part is learning and encouraging
> engagement.  There is good cell phone coverage but of course there is the
> matter of obtain suitable phones and then supporting usage for the
> project.  And I would like to use the exercise to establish small
> exclosures. Very small, the goal being to persuade them of the virtues of
> managing where and how long their livestock feed. If it serves to get a few
> kids interested, I would be happy.
>
> I am not ready to share the above yet. I have no idea whether it is going
> to be possible to implement such a scheme - village elders have to be
> persuaded but before that, have to persuade my Somali friends that it is
> worth trying - and to do so in villages where they have no connections.
> Have great ideas of choosing a few locations in different parts of the
> country by a lottery - using what3words - to overcome the complaint that it
> is always the same people and places that benefit from ngos.
>
> Mary
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of
> Tony Rees
> Sent: Monday, December 4, 2017 12:27 AM
> To: taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Subject: [Taxacom] Fwd: Fwd: Any suggestions of open source monitoring
> software/web sites that stores and makes available location images?
>
> Hi Mary, all,
>
> I have to say I have never used Flickr, but it might be the best solution
> of all for simple image storage with retrieval via one or multiple tags...
> I searched for e.g. a nice natural location I once visited in the UK
> (Wistmans Wood on Dartmoor) and got lots of hits: https://www.flickr.com/
> search/?text=Wistmans%20Wood%20Dartmoor
>
> Also from the Flickr description on Wikipedia:
>
> "Users can organize their Flickr photos into "albums" (formerly "sets")
> which are more flexible than the traditional folder-based method of
> organizing files, as one photo can belong to one album, many albums, or
> none at all. Flickr provides code to embed albums into blogs, websites and
> forums. Flickr albums represent a form of categorical metadata <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata_(computing)> rather than a
> physical hierarchy. Geotagging <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotagging>
> can be applied to photos in albums,[45] <https://en.wikipedia.org/
> wiki/Flickr#cite_note-45> and any albums with geotagging can be related
> to a map using imapflickr. The resulting map can be embedded in a
> website.[46] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr#cite_note-46> Flickr
> albums may be organized into "collections", which can themselves be further
> organized into higher-order collections."
>
> Maybe that is all you need...
>
> Regards - Tony
>
> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
> https://about.me/TonyRees
>
> On 4 December 2017 at 18:20, Mary Barkworth <Mary.Barkworth at usu.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > But the idea of an inconspicuous marker as to where to take such
> > pictures is great. Like the selfie locations at tourist spots.  It is
> > just that matter of storing the images. I suppose now most cameras
> > actually provide much of the information needed – I should check the
> > AudubonCore.  I really do want to focus on the location rather than
> > individual plants and animals. As people have said, there are places
> > for recording such images and storing them.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mary.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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