SODMAP Mobile vs Bad Elf Flex

Sudden Oak Death (SOD) is an emergent disease caused by an exotic invasive pathogen affecting millions of oak and tanoak trees in California and Southern Oregon, and has the potential to spread to many other forests worldwide. It is currently one of the most regulated plant pathogens by most governments in the world. Besides infecting trees, the microbe that causes SOD may also be present in soil and in water bodies such as rivers, streams, and ponds. The SODMAP project (www.sodmap.org) is a collaboration of researchers, government organizations, and citizen-scientists working together to create one of the most complete distribution maps of a forest disease ever produced in North America. The UC Berkeley Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory (www.matteolab.org) SODMAP Mobile app extends this functionality to include: · Geo-location to visualize SOD distribution in relation to the user's location. · Laboratory confirmed SOD-positive, as well as, SOD-negative specimens to better illustrate the range and distribution of the disease. · Easy to identify tree location pins. · Risk assessment for SOD infection, based on the proximity of the user to laboratory confirmed cases of SOD. · Quick determination of local incidence of the disease and whether data are current or not for the local area. · Warning of insufficient surveying or a lack of current information about SOD distribution in the user's area. In case of insufficient availability of local data, the user is warned about the impossibility of determining risk and is prompted to participate in the volunteer SOD Blitz surveys (www.sodblitz.org) organized in the Spring of each year. SOD is an infectious and deadly tree disease, but contagion to oaks occurs only at short distances from previously infected trees. Knowledge of current fine-scale distribution of the disease is the key to its timely management. Treatments are available, but must be administered preventively, before oaks are infected. The SODMAP Mobile app is an aid to land owners and open space managers that will enable them to locate the nearest confirmed outbreaks of SOD, and to determine the risk of infection. It will also inform hikers and mountain bikers about the presence of SOD in recreational areas, indicating whether care should be given to prevent the further spread of the disease by the movement of infested soil. Finally, tree care specialists will use this SODMAP Moblie to determine the level SOD infestation and to design appropriate landscape management programs. To learn more about SOD and get involved in the SODMAP surveys, visit www.sodblitz.org This project made possible thanks to funding from: USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

This is the free companion utility app for the flexible, intuitive, and affordable Bad Elf Flex and Flex Mini GNSS receivers. Designed for GIS and survey professionals, the Bad Elf Flex and Flex Mini connect to your iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth and provide high-accuracy location data to ANY and ALL field data collection apps in your workflow. This app allows you to view the health of the Flex and Flex Mini hardware, change settings, and perform firmware updates. For the Bad Elf Flex, the app also supports purchasing and loading Flex Tokens into the hardware for enabling hardware-based features and correction sources. Several correction sources are supported including SBAS, RTK via NTRIP, and Atlas (L-band) satellite corrections. Visit https://bad-elf.com/ to learn more about the Bad Elf Flex and Flex Mini GNSS receivers. NOTES: * This app requires a Bad Elf Flex or Flex Mini to operate. * Our "Bad Elf GPS" companion app supports our legacy mapping-grade receivers: Bad Elf GPS Pro, GPS Pro+, Surveyor, and GPS for Lightning dongle. * Continued use of the GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.