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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Save Animals in Tasmania: Upload Roadkill Hotspot Info to Your GPS

Researchers Alistair Hobday and Melinda Minstrell spent three years mapping road kill to determine “hot spots.” But they went one step further by turning the dataset into one uploadable to GPS receivers. Those who drive in Tasmania are encouraged to add the data to their devices for warnings to slow down in the most dangerous areas. The team behind the dataset hopes to put it into rental car GPS devices across the state.

- National Geographic

by Adena Schutzberg on 03/12 at 08:32 AM | Comments | Bookmark and Share

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