Volume 17, Number 1, 119-124, DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00467.x

New method of monitoring remote wildlife via the Internet

Masatoshi Yasuda and Kazuto Kawakami

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Abstract

A new system of monitoring remote wildlife via the Internet was developed. The system consists of a QuickTime streaming server with a digital PC camera and a recipient computer with monitoring software. Results of field experiments were fine. Wildlife (raccoon dogs and feral cats) inhabiting a forest remote from the observer were monitored and photographed automatically when detected. Data and frame rates were 35–300 kilobits per second and 3–14 frames per second, respectively, depending on the network traffic. This system is applicable wherever a broadband network is available and thus has great potential for ecological research.

Key words  camera trap - CyberHunter Matagi - Internet streaming - Internet technology - remote observation

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