Sent: Friday, 6 January 2012 9:44 AM Cc: Steve Potter; Birding-Aus February
It is/was an online recording system for your sightings. As such it competed with any other similar systems of which the best known in Australia is probably Eremaea. This is an area where personally I feel that the fewer the number of systems the better as it helps when researching sightings of a species if you only have to look at one or two databases compared to 20 or 30! Of course this is not to deny that competition hopefully brings improvements in the services offered.
Can’t say I’ve ever heard of Birdstack !! What is (or was)it ?
It is/was an online recording system for your sightings. As such it competed with any other similar systems of which the best known in Australia is probably Eremaea. This is an area where personally I feel that the fewer the number of systems the better as it helps when researching sightings of a species if you only have to look at one or two databases compared to 20 or 30! Of course this is not to deny that competition hopefully brings improvements in the services offered.
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Not the first online system to close (and I am looking at more than bird sightings) and won’t be the last. Online systems are convenient but anyone using them should be prepared for them to disappear at a moment’s notice as the business model is often very weak (at least there is some notice for this one) and thus always make sure you have copies of your data/photos etc on your own PC – which of course you back up regularly!
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Sorry Steve, I never caught up with that one.
Tony
Sent: Friday, 6 January 2012 9:44 AM Cc: Steve Potter; Birding-Aus February
It is/was an online recording system for your sightings. As such it competed with any other similar systems of which the best known in Australia is probably Eremaea. This is an area where personally I feel that the fewer the number of systems the better as it helps when researching sightings of a species if you only have to look at one or two databases compared to 20 or 30! Of course this is not to deny that competition hopefully brings improvements in the services offered.
Can’t say I’ve ever heard of Birdstack !! What is (or was)it ?
Tony
It is/was an online recording system for your sightings. As such it competed with any other similar systems of which the best known in Australia is probably Eremaea. This is an area where personally I feel that the fewer the number of systems the better as it helps when researching sightings of a species if you only have to look at one or two databases compared to 20 or 30! Of course this is not to deny that competition hopefully brings improvements in the services offered.
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Not the first online system to close (and I am looking at more than bird sightings) and won’t be the last. Online systems are convenient but anyone using them should be prepared for them to disappear at a moment’s notice as the business model is often very weak (at least there is some notice for this one) and thus always make sure you have copies of your data/photos etc on your own PC – which of course you back up regularly!
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