Conservify

FieldKit is an open-source software and hardware platform (environmental sensors, app, and FieldKit.org website) that allows individuals and organizations to collect and share data, and to tell stories using data through interactive visualizations. The modular aspects of FieldKit makes it useful for many different kinds of applications. One such application would be in serving as a low cost fisheries monitoring device. The core FieldKit circuit board contains all of the components and circuitry to support coastal VMS for tracking compliance with spatial restrictions: a GPS, solar charging circuitry, expandable data storage through SD cards, wifi module for smartphone connection, and free data downloading through an onboard LoRa radio module (supporting commonplace Internet of Things radio networks deployed across the globe). The advantage to using LoRa radio for downloading the GPS tracks of vehicles is that it costs less than transmission through cellular networks but still has impressive range and coverage.