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 the 26th
– 27th August 2010 in St Andrews and there are still a few
places available. 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
or email info@smru.co.uk
Best wishes
Fiona
Fiona
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