LifeLines

These are the tasks currently performed or on going:

1. Fieldwork to obtain road­killed animal data for the mobile mapping trailer (MMS1).

2. Real tests for the mobile mapping trailer (MMS1) in part of the N4 road of the intervention area.

3. Control tests on 20 meters of road for the mobile mapping trailer (MMS1) with road­killed amphibians from the biological collection of Universidade de Évora.

4. Update of the algorithm for detecting road­killed amphibians on the images recorded by the mobile mapping trailer (MMS1).

5. Collection of images of road­killed small birds to feed the detection algorithm by the mobile mapping trailer (MMS1).

6. Adaptation of the algorithms to detect road­killed small birds on the images recorded by the mobile mapping trailer.

7. Development of a desktop application for automatic detection of road­kills on the images recorded by the mobile mapping trailer.

8. Acquisition of the components for the new mobile mapping system (MMS2). Several components have already arrived:

9. Creation of the software to connect all the devices.10. Analysis of the potential components for the dissuasion devices for rodents, owls, and large birds.

10. Analysis of the potential components for the dissuasion devices for rodents, owls, and large birds.

11. Analysis of the potential components for the monitoring device for birds’ approaching and behaviour on electrical lines.