The use of Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) is becoming an
increasingly important tool in both marine mammal research and applied in
industry. It is important that individuals using any passive acoustic
monitoring software are properly trained to use the software to maximise its
full potential. Feedback from users is also important in the ongoing
development of such software.
PAMGUARD is currently funded by the OGP E&P Sound and
Marine Life Joint Industry Program and has been established to address the
fundamental limitations of existing cetacean passive acoustic monitoring (PAM)
software capabilities. PAMGUARD seeks to provide open-source PAM software based
on a platform-independent (e.g. Windows or Linux), flexible, modular
architecture. The open-source aspect of software development is
facilitated through the project's presence on SourceForge, where a community of
altruistic developers provides extra resources. This community currently
includes developers with proven PAM experience from both the UK and the USA.
Open development means that the software is free and access to the code is easy
and assured. It also allows the code's copyright to be protected in perpetuity
so that it cannot readily be closed and commercialised to the detriment of its
users. It ultimately means that more people have access for development. This
generally speeds up innovations and improves the performance and
maintainability of the code.
SMRU Ltd are running a PAMGUARD training course on 25th
and 26th November 2010 in St Andrews. The course will be
lead by Dr Doug Gillespie of St Andrews University, one of the principle
architects of the Pamguard software. If you are interested in attending
the course please see the Pamguard website for further details:
http://www.pamguard.org/training.shtml
and to register your interest in attending the course,
please email info@smru.co.uk
Best wishes
Fiona
Fiona
Skilbeck
Office
Manager
SMRU
Limited
Scottish
Oceans Institute
New
Technology Centre
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Haugh
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ANDREWS
Fife
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