Pollution Monitoring
Customer Company Size
SME
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Fulcrum app
Tech Stack
- iOS
- GIS
Implementation Scale
- Departmental Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Environmental Impact Reduction
- Brand Awareness
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries
- Cities & Municipalities
- Education
Applicable Functions
- Field Services
Use Cases
- Outdoor Environmental Monitoring
- Public Warning & Emergency Response
Services
- Data Science Services
About The Customer
The International Dark Sky Association is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides information, education, and research on light pollution. The organization shares knowledge on how to preserve dark skies and reduce light pollution on local, national, and international levels. The mission of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) is to preserve and protect the nighttime environment and our heritage of dark skies through environmentally responsible outdoor lighting. The organization is particularly concerned with the impact of artificial lighting on wildlife, such as sea turtles, which can be disoriented by artificial lights and drawn away from the ocean.
The Challenge
The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) was tasked with identifying problematic coastal lighting that could affect the nesting habitats of endangered sea turtles in 25 conservation areas. This was a part of a contract with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). The contract required IDA to establish baseline measurements of night sky quality along the beach in these conservation areas. Before finding Fulcrum, IDA’s data collection consisted of manual pen-and-paper recording to be organized in Excel, leaving data open to inconsistency and reporting issues. Without GIS integration, GPS data was manually recorded alongside other information, making organizing and analyzing difficult.
The Solution
IDA found that Fulcrum was a very useful tool for the task. The IDA team used the Fulcrum app on iOS devices with ease. With no steep learning curve, the IDA crew collected field data and geo-tagging records within minutes using the Fulcrum app. IDA then managed and exported this data into a variety of formats. This allowed them to establish baseline measurements of night sky quality along the beach in the conservation areas. Based on these surveys, IDA recommended coastal lighting retrofit solutions to reduce the potential for disorientation of hatchling sea turtles.
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