ButterflyNet: a mobile capture and access system for field biology research

Through a study of field biology practices, we observed that biology fieldwork generates a wealth of heterogeneous information, requiring substantial labor to coordinate and distill. To manage this data, biologists leverage a diverse set of tools, organizing their effort in paper notebooks. These observations motivated ButterflyNet, a mobile capture and access system that integrates paper notes with digital photographs captured during field research. Through ButterflyNet, the activity of leafing through a notebook expands to browsing all associated digital photos. ButterflyNet also facilitates the transfer of captured content to spreadsheets, enabling biologists to share their work. A first-use study with 14 biologists found this system to offer rich data capture and transformation, in a manner felicitous with current practice. Author Keywords Mobile capture and access, augmented paper notebook. ACM Classification Keywords H.5.1: Multimedia Information Systems -- artificial, augmented...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Ron B. Yeh, Chunyuan Liao, Scott R. Klemmer, François Guimbretière, Brian Lee, Boyko Kakaradov, Jeannie A. Stamberger, Andreas Paepcke
• Keywords: ACM Classification Keywords, CHI 2006, Human Computer Interaction, Keywords Mobile Capture, Rich Data Capture