It has been many years since Geoff Beale set up UK-Swifts to record the locations where swifts breed. Geoff's efforts were taken over by the RSPB and became the Swift Inventory in 2009. Since then a number of other inventory systems have been implemented by local groups and the RSPB system has recently undergone a revamp. All of these systems take their input online and have had a number of differences between them. Now there is a major step forward:
First, there is a new system, Swift Mapper, which is a mobile App from Natural Apptitude
Second, a concerted effort has been made to iron out inconsistencies between the various systems so that data transfer between them is straight forward.
Swift Mapper is a very well put together system, and is a very convenient option for inputing Swift breeding data. In essence Swift Mapper can be a data capture portal to these other online systems.
People who maintain other systems can be given access to Coreo, the data management system underpinning Swift Mapper, to download data for input to their own systems.
Swift Mapper has been live for some time and is working very well. The purpose of this post is to give it a push as we think it could transform the capture of Swift breeding data.
The Android version is available here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.natural_apptitude.swift_mapper
The iOS version is available here:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/swift-mapper/id1405009547
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