The Environmental Monitoring Blog

Aachen, Germany/Citrus Heights, CA, September 30, 2011— KISTERS presented its final results of the Surface Water Interoperability Experiments #1 and #3 to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) in Boulder, CO this past week. The end result of this work wa… more »

Over the weekend, most of the North Island was lashed by heavy rainfall resulting in many flooded homes, businesses and properties.  Hamilton wasn't as badly affected as other areas, but my basement was 15-20cm deep in water at midday Sunday and we have… more »

Our dataloggers are designed to work in some pretty extreme conditions and to keep working for a long time unattended.  We put a lot of effort into ensuring this is the case and are proud of our results. Occasionally the limits of our gear have been p… more »

January 1, 2011... The world awoke - or rather didn't wake - to the first widely publicised technical glitch of the new year. The ubiquitous iPhone and iPod had a software bug that affected the alarm clock function. It was probably only a tiny error in a… more »

Installations using iQuest products are found in some pretty extreme locations. They range from the searing heat of the Australian Outback to the freezing cold, buried in snow high on New Zealand mountains. Dataloggers are monitoring a range of parameter… more »

Normal people carrying small sensors and cell phones are set to become an integral part of environmental monitoring in San Diego as part of a project called CitiSense.  This is the aim of a team of computer scientists at the University of California, San… more »

Regional councils are becoming ever stricter when it comes to compliance, recording and reporting for water take consent holders.  It is common for consents to require daily submission of data electronically.  For the average user, setting up all that is required to achieve this can be a major headache.… more »