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Advancements in communications networks that connect sensors and enable data retrieval across landscapes are revolutionizing conservation fieldwork. As the infrastructure that helps our core tools talk to each other in even the most remote places, the importance of connectivity cannot be overstated. Whatever solutions you're working with - and on whatever scale - this group is the place to discuss all things related to connectivity in conservation, from fiber-optic cables to LoRa to Swarm.

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Because connectivity solutions are vital to so much of our conservation tech work, our Connectivity group unites users working across a variety of tech tools. Our community has often flagged connectivity as being extremely important to their work's success, yet the buzzword solutions like IoT and LoRa can be intimidating to conservationists who are new to the topic. In this is the catch-all space for discussing the wide range of communications networks that are becoming increasingly integral to retrieving data in modern conservation tech systems, we welcome beginners, experts, and everyone in between to get involved!

By connecting novices and experts to discuss and demystify connectivity in conservation tech, this group can serve as a place to learn and explore, with spaces to talk about recent progress and developments on the horizon, share resources to help others understand key connectivity issues and why it's relevant to their work, ask questions and troubleshoot, and much more.

Below, you'll find one of our Tech Tutors episodes introducing the subject of connectivity through a tutorial on LoRa:

Sean Sturley: How do I get started with LoRa? Connectivity in conservation

And here you'll find an episode on using satellite IoT:

Alasdair Davies: How do I use satellite IoT to track wildlife and monitor remote equipment?

Finally, here's a great example of a multisensor network connecting devices across a landscape in New Zealand, courtesy of Andrew Digby (see original post here)

Header image: Njoroge Nyamu (see original post here)

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Connecting to MBARI's Deep-Sea Instruments

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's MARS ocean observatory may someday make conducting deep-sea research more accessible and affordable thanks to Deep-Sea Connect, their new wireless system engineered to ...

31 March 2020

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Tech Tutors: How do I use satellite IoT to track wildlife & monitor remote equipment?	Just wanted to drop in to thank Alasdair for stepping in last moment to give an amazing talk about Satellite IOT while streaming the whole thing from a satellite connection (...	Connectivity	3 years 7 months ago
Arm technologies: What do you use?	Hi Barry, I am tinkering with similar edge devices and aspirations! I recently acquired the Jetson Nano to start testing some aspects of the BearID Project software pipeline....	Connectivity, Sensors	4 years 2 months ago
Tech Tutors: How do I get started with LoRa? Connectivity in conservation	That's us (www.smartparks.org) Peter. Happy to help.	Connectivity	4 years 3 months ago
Sharing GSMA's Report on Digital Tech in Natural Resource Management	Hi all. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the GSMA, we are a global association that works on behalf of over 1,000 technology...	Connectivity	4 years 10 months ago
Loon's internet balloons will be deployed in Kenya's skies from 2019	Google's sister-company Loon announced Thursday it would deploy its system of balloons to beam high-speed internet with Telkom Kenya...	Connectivity	6 years 9 months ago