Ghost Gear Reporter vs OPTIC Mobile (Friendly Eagle)

Abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear, often called "ghost gear", is one of the most harmful forms of marine debris. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fishing gear are lost in the ocean every year, where nets, lines and traps keep catching fish, seabirds, turtles and marine mammals long after they've been left behind. Ghost Gear Reporter, developed in partnership with the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), lets anyone report lost fishing gear they come across, whether on the shoreline, on the water or on the sea bed. In just a few steps you can record: 1) Where the gear is, captured automatically from your location 2) What you were doing when you found it 3) Details about the gear: type, size and condition 4) Photos, taken with your camera or chosen from your library 5) Any wildlife entangled in the gear FOR EVERYONE Public reports are anonymous. No account or sign-in is needed. Just open the app and report. FOR ORGANIZATIONS Fishers, recovery teams and partner organizations can enter their organization code to file reports on behalf of their group. WORKS OFFLINE Found gear somewhere without signal? Your report is saved on your device and sent automatically once you're back online. WHY IT MATTERS Your reports go to the GGGI Data Portal, where they help guide gear recovery and add to a global dataset that researchers, governments and the fishing industry use to understand and prevent gear loss. Join people and organizations around the world in tackling this hard-to-see but deeply destructive problem. Every report counts.

The mobile app allows retrieval of certain number of records from the OPTIC server to view and update them on the mobile device, then saving those records back to server. New records can be created and existing ones can be deleted as well. If a connection to the OPTIC server cannnot be established, saving is done on device - with the possibility of having them uploaded to server manually or automatically as soon as a connection to server is detected. The records operate with default or or custom layouts (templates), automatically downloaded from the server after a successful login. Documents ("Resources" section) can be downloaded to device for later viewing - while disconnected from the Internet - opening with the default device applications. Similar for SDS (Safety Data Sheet) documents. Please keep in mind that the more data downloaded, the longer the waiting time is going to be. Also, extra data charges may incur from your cell service provider - therefore it is strongly recommended to download while on WiFi, as much as possible. The SETTINGS section allows customization of the volume and frequency of the downloads, as well as resetting the app anytime - with deletion of all locally stored app data, in order to free up storage space. The app complements the OPTIC System Web application and its strongest asset is the ability to operate on records and locally downloaded documents while disconnected from the Internet. For the full set of features it is recommended to use the Web application. To log in, use the same Client ID, User Name and Password which you normally would use in the Web application.