PARENT SESSION
Poster Session #44: Remote Sensing and GIS.
Wednesday, August 7. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Communication from field in text and images using spread-spectrum radio technology.

Webb, Campbell^*,1, Donoghue, Michael¹, ¹ Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, New Haven, CT, 06520

ABSTRACT- Spread spectrum radio technology provides a portable, robust, low-cost means to transmit digital data for distances of up to 20 miles, and is being used increasingly in remote data collection. Here we apply these tools to problems and opportunities confronting field biologists, especially taxonomists. Using off-the-shelf components, we have developed communication chains in three contexts: i)‘live’ communication, with images, from a collector in the field to systematists anywhere in the world, ii) remote observation of opening flowers, and iii) ‘live’ communication between students in a classroom and a field biologist. We will demonstrate the equipment and provide details, including costs and suppliers.

KEY WORDS: Wireless data transmission