Research Project
Researchers: Martin Fluker Dr (Principal investigator)
Full description
The Fluker Post Research Project is a citizen science system designed to allow community members to contribute towards the ongoing care of various natural environments by taking photographs from fixed photo-points (Fluker Posts), emailing them into FlukerPost@gmail.com, and having them arranged in chronological order within a Picasa Web Album.
No camera is left in the field. Instead, the top of each eponymous Fluker Post is cut at such an angle that any digital camera can be placed in the "camera cradle" and the same perspective is recorded every time. We get images sent in from various types of cameras (iPhones, compact digitals, SLR's, etc.), and while the images may reflect slightly different views of the scene, valuable information on the state of the environment can always be deducted.
Instructions on each Fluker Post ask people passing by (bush walkers, local residents taking their dog for a walk, tourists visiting the region, etc.) to use their own camera, place it in the cradle, and email it in. This project started in May 2008.