iTrack Africa for Android

11 things about iTrack Africa

1. iTrack Southern Africa is a collaborative effort between Dave Hood, a South African Field Guide and Naturalist with a passion for tracking who provided the bulk of the content and Jonah Evans – a wildlife biologist, the Texan State Mammologist and a CyberTracker track and sign specialist and evaluator.

2. iTrack Southern Africa, goes far beyond what a traditional field guide can offer with a powerful search tool developed by Jonah to simplify track identification in the field.

3. • Information sections including how to measure tracks, basic track anatomy, gait patterns and trailing animals, including a novel section on the psychology behind tracking and how to focus your thinking to maximize your chances of successfully tracking down an animal.

4. • Track and sign information for 61 Southern African mammal species (this number will continue to be added to in future updates).

5. It breaks new ground in documenting the commonly used gait patterns of many Southern African mammals and makes use of over 2000 measurements to bring users never before published detail on track dimensions.

6. iTrack Southern Africa is an easy-to-use digital field guide that takes our communal knowledge of Southern African mammal tracks to another level altogether.

7. • Accurate track measurements for a number of track dimensions including, for certain species, claws lengths and intermediate pad widths.

8. Jonah is also the producer of iTrack Wildlife – the definitive North American digital mammal track guide.

9. The app uses Louis Liebenberg’s drawings which are considered to be the most accurate depictions of Southern African animal tracks.

10. • Over 650 high quality track, sign, and animal photos with captions that point out key identification features.

11. It makes use of basic track features, length and width measurements and your locality to narrow down the options.