Frequently asked quetions
Natalog
- Software
like Natalog already exist, why create another one?
- What's the use of contesting the databases that are already at work?
- One can now enter observations on websites,
isn't it better?
Softwares like Natalog already exist, why create another one?
Software to note observations already exist, this is true. But
Natalog first wants to be much more friendly, to encourage watchers to "create
data".
But the main thing is that Natalog is part of an automated data transmitting
system that will make it possible to enter more information in the databases
operated by naturalist societies, scientific laboratories or institutions, museums,
environmental agencies...
What's the use of contesting the databases that are already at work?
On the contrary, Natalog wants to "feed" these databases
that, very often are not fully used, because, most of the time, of the delay
accumulated by manually entering data.
By automatising data integration into these databases, Natalog leaves the nature
volunteer watchers free to be on the spots they observe, instead of spending
time entering amounts of other watchers data. Natalog also avoid to societies
and institutions to spend money in wages for this unpleasant job.
One can now enter observations on websites, isn't it better?
It is true that, now, some societies or institutions have websites where watchers
can enter observations "online". But not all of them, as it is very costly to
create such a website. When a watcher enters is data on a website, the data
is on the website, not on his computer. Or, he has to enter them both on his
computer and on the website he wants. And if he wants to communicate them to
another society, he will have to enter them a third time. And the way of entering
data may be different on each website, so he will have to learn the way of each
of them.
Some of the sites allow to retrieve your sightings, sometimes mixed with others.
But only the sightings that have been transmitted to this site.
With Natalog, you enter your sightings once and you
can send them as many times as you want. All the sightings are saved by Natalog
and can be retrieved easily.