Mara EleApp

Mara EleApp is a unique app for collection & upload of elephant observations.

The Mara EleApp is a unique, customised app designed by ElephantVoices for the collection and upload of observations of elephants in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Uploaded observations will be stored and can be viewed on the Mara Elephant Who's Who & Whereabouts - registered users can assess these fully searchable databases via http://www.elephantvoices.org/studies-a-projects/elephant-partners

A number of people living and/or working in the Mara have been trained to use the Mara EleApp to collect and upload elephant sightings. Registered users can update an uploaded observation online, as well as submitting a new observation based on notes and photos. On the Mara EleApp an observation's location and date/time will be picked automatically (from a GPS-enabled phone).

The Mara EleApp sightings form is based on criteria developed over decades of monitoring of elephants. The mortality form follows the requirements of Kenya Wildlife Service and CITES Monitoring Illegally Killed Elephant (MIKE).

By uploading data a registered user accept that ElephantVoices can use the data for any purpose serving the goals of ElephantVoices' work in the Mara and the interest of the Mara elephants.

To retain the integrity of the dataset, ElephantVoices has the right to edit observations or to unpublish any observation we think is faulty or irrelevant.

Visit http://www.elephantvoices.org/studies-a-projects/elephant-partners.html to learn more, and http://www.elephantvoices.org/mara-eleapp.html to read more about the Mara EleApp.

Version 1.1 was launched in late November 2011, and uploaded to Android Market 6 February 2012.

Version 2.1 was uploaded 16 January 2014. In addition to some functionality improvements and other updates, this version includes the possibility of uploading signs of elephants.

Version 2.2 was uploaded 24 January 2014. It deals with some bugs, and tell the user to give the App a minute in the event that the GPS has no location data at the time the App starts.

Version 2.3 was uploaded 11 March 2014, with an important bug fix.

Version 2.4 was uploaded 14 March 2014, with another important bug fix.

Version 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 was uploaded in September/October 2014, and and included the ability to collect signs of elephants.

Version 2.8 was uploaded 18 October 2014.

Version 2.9 was uploaded 24 February 2016.

Version 3.0 was uploaded 14 December 2016, dealing with the consequences of the introduction of SSL on elephantvoices.org.