TourCount

TourCount supports species-specific and individually GPS-localized registering of butterflies.

New in Version 3.8.4:
- Code improvements
- Entering individuals notes proposed by predefined wordings like "Photo", "Flyby", "Fresh imago", …
- Entering species notes proposed by the predefined wordings "New species", "1st in season" and "Not sure"
- Cloud %-values rounded to multiples of 10
- More restrictive plausi for input of metadata numbers
- "Help" text updated
- Docs updated
- Bugfix for importing a species list

Features:
- Data recording is organized for a regional tour with its expected butterfly species.
- Databases can be individually created and adapted within the app regarding metadata and expected butterfly species.
- The app has an internal pool of many European species and comes with a prepared basic database with the most common species in Europe as a starting point for direct use.
- Separate counters for ♂-♀-indeterminate, ♂, ♀, pupa, larva or egg.
- You may use an individual species list per region.
- Results are prepared for easy readout to transfer them to the science4you entry mask for butterfly registration.
- The results can be exported in formatted XLSX or CSV format, as well as in an SQLite database file (e.g. to transfer them to a PC, for easier reading in a spreadsheet program, or for further processing).
- Help contains a detailed userguide.
- TourCount supports counting in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish language and provides locale species names in these languages.

Functions:
- Editor for metadata in preparation for an inspection
- Counter page with scroll-down list for species selection
- Editor for individual species data of a count (e.g. status, remark or bulk count entry).
- The app automatically inserts date, time, coordinates and height as well as location data by reverse OSM-geocoding provided that GPS and internet are accessible.
- The app provides functions to add, delete or edit the species for the current species list.
- The results page shows metadata, notes, totals and counting results per species.

Prerequisites:
The app requires permits for
- storage access for importing and exporting counting data, species lists and results,
- reading location data by GPS for coordinates and location info per counted individual,
- internet access for OpenStreetMap reverse geocoding requests (locality info) and
- preventing the sleep mode.

The smartphone screen should have a minimum resolution of 1920 x 1024 pixels.
The app is usable with Android version 11 or newer.

Documentation is provided under
https://github.com/wistein/TourCount/tree/master/docs.

TourCount is one of two apps for European butterfly monitoring.
The 2nd app, TransektCount serves transect counters on their inspection walks. It supports species-specific counting of butterflies per transect section according to the European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme method.

Both apps use the coding scheme of Karsholt/Razowski for European butterflies and thus contain only European butterflies.