California Road kill observation system (CROS) is a program
for storing information on road kill in California. Currently over 300
volunteers scour the California landscape looking for incidents of collisions
with animals, they fill out a species identification form (Taking a picture to
be double checked by a professional later) this picture is also geotagged, with
a time and date so information is stored for timing, seasonality and location
of the animal. The creator is looking to put together an iPhone application to
allow further ease of access to uploading information for volunteers. These
volunteers could then just download the application onto their phone and take
geotagged pictures with their smart phones. The program was created in response
to the millions of animals are struck down by vehicles in the United States a
week, the purpose being to create more known hotspots for animal activity. This
is in hopes of preventing collisions by using mitigation techniques like fences
and sings to warn drivers.
Michael
Goddard-Duncan
Kristen McGeown
Lindsay Taylor
Sarah Hardholt
Chris Barth
