Aquila's GPS/GSM dataloggers are highly specialised devices supporting research of habitat preferences, territories and movements of animals. Thanks to the latest technology solutions implemented already at the project's stage we have the ability to offer wide range of devices adjusted to the client's needs in terms of both physical parameters as well as functionality.
The solar powered dataloggers offer, apart from standard functionality like the geographical coordinates collection, capability of gathering additional information such as altitude, speed and course. Thanks to its modular structure, installation of a wide variety of additional sensors and functions can be performed, facilitating the collection of suitable research' data which, transferred from the device by means of the GSM telephony network, allows implementation for further storage, analysis and end-user presentation by means of the "AquilaSystem-GPS" module - world-wide pioneer solution for telemetry data visualisation, part of the "AquilaSystem" concept.
The use of the mobile telephony network (GSM) resulted in a huge cut in the data acquisition costs and enabled device's monitoring as well as the configuration to be performed remotely without the necessity of re-capturing the animal.
Access to the latest vehicle design technologies facilitates optimalisation of the Aquila datalogger's housing from both motoric and aerodynamic perspective, allowing not only to sustain the minimal device's physical parameters but also to consider tracked animal's comfort already at the design stage.
Compared to other solutions available on the market, Aquila's GPS/GSM dataloggers offer a massive (over 100 times) increase in data acquisition frequency, reducing by 2/3rd the costs of both the device and the data transfer.
Standard technical parameters:
- weight: from 13g
- power: solar charged battery
- communication: GSM/GPRS mobile telephony network
- data type collection: geographical coordinates, altitude, height of geoid, speed, course, temperature, PDOP, HDOP, VDOP
- data acquisition frequency: every 3 minutes daily
- data transfer frequency: every 3 minutes daily
- night mode: data acquisition frequency every 2 hours
- cycles: remote configuration
- communication: use of local gsm providers' connetions possibility (no roaming costs)
- housing: light, aerodynamic and habitat-friendly
- special inner construction designed to maximize the lifespan of the battery and elements
- modules: various sensor/modules
- size and dimensions: possibility to adapt both the size and dimensions to individual project' needs
- unlimited colour variations
- possibility to engrave additional information (contact data) directly in the housing
Advantages over standard satellite transmitters:
- high data acquisition frequency
- high data transfer frequency
- low purchase cost
- low data acquisition costs
- remote configuration, including switching on/off the night mode
- innovative data visualisation and analysis module "AquilaSystem-GPS"
Price: 800 euro net.
Available models:
Aquila13 - 13g
- Dedicated for birds with minimum weight of 430g (falcons, gulls)
- Developed to reduce the dimensions and weight to the minimum
- Small, light and efficient battery
- Small, light and efficient solar panel
- Outside dimensions (without brackets): 54x25x20mm
- Base dimensions: 47x25mm
- Mounting type: backpack
Aquila16 - 16g
- Dedicated for birds with minimum weight of 530g (buzzards, bustards)
- Developed to reduce the dimensions and weight to the minimum with optimised charging efficiency under low light/temperature conditions
- Small, light and efficient battery
- Big solar panel expanding beyond the device's shape for optimised performance under low light/temperature conditions
- Outside dimensions (without brackets): 59x37x16,5mm
- Base dimensions: 40x25mm
- Mounting type: backpack
Aquila26 - 26g
- Dedicated for birds with minimum weight of 860g (spotted eagles, kites)
- Developed for optimised aerodynamics in flight
- Big, efficient battery
- Big solar panel expanding beyond the device's shape for optimised performance under low light/temperature conditions/partial cover by feathers
- Outside dimensions (without brackets): 63,5x37x17mm
- Base dimensions: 59x25/37,5mm
- Mounting type: backpack
Aquila35 - 35g
- Dedicated for birds with minimum weight of 1200g (eagles)
- Developed to reduce the surface with contact to bird's body as well as device's height
- Big, efficient battery
- Two large panels for improved battery charging efficiency in prolonging low light conditions and/or low temperatures and expanding beyond the device's shape in three dimensions in order to maintain the performance even if partially covered by feathers
- Outside dimensions (without brackets): 89x44,5x17mm
- Base dimensions: 72x25mm
- Mounting type: backpack
Aquila38 - 38g
- Dedicated for birds with minimum weight of 1300g (vultures, cranes)
- Developed for optimised performance on birds with long feathers
- Big, efficient battery
- Two large panels for improved battery charging efficiency in prolonging low light conditions and/or low temperatures and expanding beyond the device's shape in three dimensions in order to maintain the performance and avoid being fully covered by feathers
- Outside dimensions (without brackets): 79x44,5x25mm
- Base dimensions: 54x25/37,5mm
- Mounting type: backpack