SHOC

SHOC

Access your protocol as described in wiki section Local portal > Protocols.

Selection of study site

Observers can be assigned a study site or can select one by themselves.

To select your study site:
1. Go to Menu > Take part > Transmit my sighting, or

Press Submit button on home page.

2. Scroll down to "by clicking on the map" and zoom in until you see the locations.
3. Select a place to create the protocol at and click on "Create a protocoled census - SHOC", as explained in wiki section Administration > Protocol management > Site.
4. Select one of the two squares created randomly by the system within an radius of 10 km from the selected point (see image below). You will receive an email with instructions. Either:

Accept square, or

Reject square.

Once a square is accepted,
3. Name the new survey site as explained in wiki section Administration > Protocol management > Site.

4. Start drawing your site. Visit wiki section Web interface > Geometry editor for more information on using the drawing tools. Remember you can also import a shapefile.

5. When done, choose between:

SAVE AND STAY: Save the site and remain on the page.

SAVE AND CREATE A NEW: Save the site and create another.

SAVE AND ADD A RECORD: Save the site and start entering data.

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SHOC Preparation and data

Lists all sites available to the current profile and allows entering observations, downloading printable maps and seeing results.

If your site is not ready yet, you will be asked to complete before you can enter observations.

You may be asked:
1. Validate one of the draws of the map : Go back to the drawing process and select one of the squares.
2. View draw on the map : See a map with the study area and the two random squares.
3. Start drawing the counting : Once selected the square, design study points.
4. Download map : Download a pdf file with your study area (see examples below). Change base layer on the expandable menu.

Once your site is ready, you will gain access to enter data and to usual functions:

SHOC Add observations

Click on Add observations (see image below) in the site you need to enter data to.

1: Click on add data for this census: opens the list of transects for the study site.

2: Point number

SHOC Starting the protocol

Before entering observations, it is required to enter general parameters regarding the protocol. Parameters are protocol specific. Fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory.

If this is not the first point you enter, you will see a summary of the information already entered on top (see image below). Click COPY THE LAST ENTRY to copy information you entered on the previous point registered. Note date and time also duplicate and you may need to correct.

See wiki section Web interface > Protocols > Preparation and data > Add observations > Starting the protocol for details on how to fill in the form.

When done, click one of the options:

NEXT: to continue entering observations.
ENTRY WITH LIST OF SPECIES ALREADY OBSERVED: to continue entering observations aided with a list of species already observed.
ENTRY WITH LIST OF THE MOST FREQUENT SPECIES: to continue entering observations aided a list of frequent species.
BLANK DAILY FORM:
NO SPECIES WERE SEEN (NEXT STEP SKIPPED): to indicate the census was done was no species were observed.
CENSUS NOT DONE: to indicate this point, transect or polygon was not surveyed.

SHOC Entering observations

This protocol requires indicating the position of individuals observed.
See Web interface > Local portals > Protocols > Preparation and data > Add observations > Entering observations > Distance of individuals for more information.

To enter observations:
1. Type species name, or part of it, on the left field and select species name on the right, if a list is not provided.
2. Type number of individuals in the corresponding distance range, or in transit.
3. Select from the expandable menu the atlas code, when applicable.

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SHOC Ending the protocol

Click on I RECORDED ALL SPECIES OF THE PROGRAME (=FULL OBSERVATION LIST) to end the count.
A green badge at the top will indicate your data has been saved. If there is some problem with your data, an error message will prevent you from continuing.

See wiki section Web interface > Protocols > Preparation and data > Add observations > Ending the protocol for more information.

Before continuing, see some statistics about your SHOC surveys:

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SHOC Results

See some statistics about your surveys results.

Visit wiki section Web interface > Protocols > Preparation and data > Results for details.

SHOC Display on map

For the selected site, see the area to survey on a map. To know how to navigate the map, refer to wiki section Web interface > Navigating the map.

Visit wiki section Web interface > Protocols > Preparation and data > Display on map for details.

SHOC Modify the protocol

Modify the site to survey.

Visit wiki section Web interface > Protocols > Preparation and data > Modify the protocol for details.

SHOC Census results

Click on Census results to see all available years with data for this site (see image Protocol. Selecting year to visualise). Select the one to visualise.

Visit wiki section Web interface > Protocols > Preparation and data > Census protocol for details.

SHOC Download map

Download maps ready to print.

Visit wiki section Web interface > Protocols > Preparation and data > Download map for details.

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SHOC Check data

Calendar showing visits to different sites and number of species detected.

Visit wiki section Web interface > Protocols > Preparation and data > Check data for details.

SHOC Map

Map and statistics for site.

Visit wiki section Web interface > Protocols > Preparation and data > Map for details.

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