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Index of Subjects Just a note to add to what Kevin mentioned about carrying an external battery when using your cellphone in remote areas, or when you wish to take a lot of photos, make sound recordings and record GPS waypoints, etc.. Randy Fredericks and I have been doing a lot of surveying of flora and fauna at the Corbett-Dalhousie Lake Peninsula forest. We upload everything into a project page which I created on iNaturalist. I bought a 20100mAh powerbank which we keep wired to Randy's cellphone so that we can stay out for 3 or 4 hours at a time, shooting upwards of 800 photos with geolocations and we rarely use much over 20 percent of the powerbank's full charge. I use a late model iPad Pro and it can go quite a few hours taking photos and making sound recordings on it's own full charge so I don't need the powerbank. For field work when you are taking a lot of photos, making sound recordings and doing geolocations, powerbanks really are a big help. A 20100mAh is pretty large - probably weighs about a pound - but one could easily get by with one of the smaller units for a couple of hours of shooting photos - and it would fit in a typical coat pocket. Bev Wigney Round Hill, NS On 10/27/19, Kevin Lantz <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > If your problem is lack of cell service the phone will search and use up the > battery whenever it is on, whether the eBird app is running or not. Try > opperating in flight mode, the phone's gps should still work and that does > increase the draw on the battery somewhat but not nearly as much as > searching for a signal. > I am often in areas without cell coverage for extended periods and seldom > have any issues. I do carry an external battery though because the > track/gps is often on all day. > > Kevin > > On Oct 26, 2019 17:22, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I never thought about the App. Good point. Virtually unusable here on the >> go, as it is designed for, due to lack of mobile service. Even offline >> checklists continue to seek for a location until the battery dies. I only >> use it when Inside the camp with satellite dish internet (none too good >> either compared to proper WIFI). But the app would be the way most >> eBirders submit checklists now and, as you said, most likely what the data >> entry changes are centreed around. >> >> Nancy D >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Oct 26, 2019, at 10:01 AM, Kevin Lantz <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> I agree with Richard, for app users it’s not a big deal as uploading >>> photos requires logging on with a different device and making the changes >>> after the checklist has been submitted. Perhaps they are catering to app >>> users or even nudging folks towards them because of the immediacy of data >>> submissions. >>> >>> As for the app itself, the latest changes make it easier to use, just one >>> click to start a checklist, no need to select a location as that can be >>> done as the checklist is submitted. >>> >>> >>> >>> Kevin Lantz >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Richard Stern >>> Sent: October 26, 2019 8:08 AM >>> To: NatureNS >>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Hate Changes To E-Bird >>> >>> >>> >>> I actually like the changes to eBird, and once I got used to them, also >>> the new way the Android app on my phone works. There is a great eBird >>> discussion group on Facebook, with all kinds of ideas and input, >>> questions answered etc. >>> >>> Richard Stern >>> sent from my Android device >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat., Oct. 26, 2019, 4:12 a.m. NancyDowd, <nancypdowd@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Agree. It is definitely much more awkward and slow to load photos and >>> audios as it takes multiple steps instead of just one. I suspect it has >>> something to do with the efficiency of processing by the ever-growing >>> database (or some other background big data crunching) that we end users >>> do not quite understand. Maybe someone has more info on the whys for this >>> recent change? >>> >>> Nancy D >>> >>> > On Oct 26, 2019, at 12:48 AM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> > I guess I'm behind on E-bird entries by three months. I do not like >>> > the changes that were made since I last logged in. The process for >>> > attaching pictures especially. I found it convenient to be able to >>> > attach pictures as I entered my data. It was fast and efficient. Now >>> > you have to complete data entry and then go and put your pictures in >>> > place. Loading of the pictures is far slower and clarity of the photo >>> > is lacking in comparison to what we had before. The system has been >>> > made bulky and awkward. >>> > >>> > James R. Hirtle >>> > LaHave >>> >>> > > >
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