TourCount

TourCount supports species-specific and individually GPS-localized registering of butterflies.

New in Version 3.8.4:
• Code improvements
• Entering individuals notes proposed by predefined wordings like "Photo", "Flyby", "Fresh imago", …
• Entering species notes proposed by the predefined wordings "New species", "1st in season" and "Not sure"
• Cloud %-values rounded to multiples of 10
• More restrictive plausi for input of metadata numbers
• "Help" text updated
• Docs updated
• Bugfix for importing a species list

Features:
• Data recording is organized for a regional tour with its expected butterfly species.
• Databases can be individually created and adapted within the app regarding metadata and expected butterfly species.
• The app has an internal pool of many European species and comes with a prepared basic database with the most common species in Europe as a starting point for direct use.
• Separate counters for ♂-♀-indeterminate, ♂, ♀, pupa, larva or egg.
• You may use an individual species list per region.
• Results are prepared for easy readout to transfer them to the science4you entry mask for butterfly registration.
• The results can be exported in formatted XLSX or CSV format, as well as in an SQLite database file (e.g. to transfer them to a PC, for easier reading in a spreadsheet program, or for further processing).
• Help contains a detailed userguide.
• TourCount supports counting in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish language and provides locale species names in these languages.

Functions:
• Editor for metadata in preparation for an inspection
• Counter page with scroll-down list for species selection
• Editor for individual species data of a count (e.g. status, remark or bulk count entry).
• The app automatically inserts date, time, coordinates and height as well as location data by reverse OSM-geocoding provided that GPS and internet are accessible.
• The app provides functions to add, delete or edit the species for the current species list.
• The results page shows metadata, notes, totals and counting results per species.

Prerequisites:
The app requires permits for
• storage access for importing and exporting counting data, species lists and results,
• reading location data by GPS for coordinates and location info per counted individual,
• internet access for OpenStreetMap reverse geocoding requests (locality info) and
• preventing the sleep mode.

The smartphone screen should have a minimum resolution of 1920 x 1024 pixels.
The app is usable with Android version 11 or newer.

Documentation is provided under
https://github.com/wistein/TourCount/tree/master/docs.

TourCount is one of two apps for European butterfly monitoring.
The 2nd app, TransektCount serves transect counters on their inspection walks. It supports species-specific counting of butterflies per transect section according to the European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme method.

Both apps use the coding scheme of Karsholt/Razowski for European butterflies and thus contain only European butterflies.