{"id":3452,"date":"2015-09-21T18:50:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T18:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=3452"},"modified":"2015-10-07T16:25:11","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T16:25:11","slug":"small-mobile-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/small-mobile-miracle\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Mobile Miracle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Still thinking about mobile technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When I was in my teens one of the things I was interested in was natural history. I was a keen contributor to the mammal society<\/a> records.<\/p>\n

To do this when ever I saw a mammal or a sign of one I would take a note. Later on I would complete a record sheet using an ordnance survey map to add the location. Every so often I would post these off by snail mail to the mammal society.
\nMy technology was a pencil and notebook OS maps and a few books on identifying mammals by their bones, tracks and sign. I’ve still got the OS map with faint pencil scratching but the notebooks are long gone.<\/p>\n

Now on my phone I have the Mammal Tracker\u00a0App<\/a>. Whenever I see an animal or sign of one I record that immediately. I can add a picture and the app will record the location. I send it to the mammal society with the click of a button.<\/p>\n