Objective For many years, scientists and wildlife managers have used radio tracking and satellite tracking to follow the location of freely moving animals in the wild. However, existing technology suffers from limited temporal and spatial resolution: positioning data are too coarse to determine how animals behave relative to their environment and each other. In other words: one can measure where an animal approximately is, but not what it is doing. Current GNSS-based tracking systems are not able to track moving objects at short time intervals. Furthermore, software tools capable of processing large volumes of GNSS data and converting those into meaningful metrics describing animal behaviour are missing. The E-TRACK project concerns the development of a system for measurement and analysis of movement, behaviour and interactions of wildlife. The system will consist of EGNOS-enabled GNSS receivers, efficient data communication and an innovative software application. E-TRACK will take advantage of EGNOS and EDAS to provide adequate resolution for behaviour analysis. In addition, EGNOS and EDAS data will be used in post-processing to analyse the data points.In order to execute the project, a consortium has been formed of six partners, including three SME companies: a software company (Noldus Information Technology) with many years experience in measurement and analysis of animal behaviour; a manufacturer of wildlife telemetry hardware (Biotrack); a consulting firm in the domain of remote sensing and geo-informatics (AeroVision); a university group with expertise in behaviour and ecology of large mammals (Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University); and two research institutes with expertise in behavioural ecology of birds (NIOO and IZW). The project will develop a fully working end-to-end system that will be tested, validated and demonstrated by the scientific partners. The project will also develop a business plan how to launch the system in the market. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensingnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiological behavioural sciencesethologynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applications Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) Galileo.2011.1.7-1. - Use of Galileo and EGNOS services for mass market and in niche sectors (to be mainly provided by SMEs) Call for proposal FP7-GALILEO-2011-GSA-1-b See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator NOLDUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BV EU contribution € 157 893,00 Address NIEUWE KANAAL 5 6709 PA Wageningen Netherlands See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Lucas Noldus (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AEROVISION BV Netherlands EU contribution € 53 892,00 Address STADSRING 47 3811 HN Amersfoort See on map Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Tamme Van Der Wal (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data BIOTRACK LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 77 428,00 Address FURZEBROOK ROAD 52 BH20 5AX WAREHAM See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Brian Creswell (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY Netherlands EU contribution € 61 495,00 Address DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 6708 PB Wageningen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Herbert Prins (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW Netherlands EU contribution € 63 360,00 Address KLOVENIERSBURGWAL 29 HET TRIPPENHUIS 1011 JV AMSTERDAM See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Andrea Koelzsch (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN EV Germany EU contribution € 59 923,00 Address RUDOWER CHAUSSEE 17 12489 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Oliver Krone (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
