The INBAR Bamboo Survey and Monitoring System consists of mobile and online applications to assist with INBAR's bamboo planting and monitoring program. The mobile app collects survey data on-site and the online monitoring system allows for preliminary analysis and distribution of survey results. The mobile app interface has sidebar buttons, a top bar, and bottom controller bar. It guides users through survey forms and stores location-stamped photos. The online monitoring system hosts all field survey entries and allows users to explore the visual and statistical data through maps and statistics tabs.

1. THE INBAR BAMBOO
SURVEY AND MONITORING
SYSTEM Yiyin(Larry) Luo
Email:yyluo@inbar.int

2. INTRODUCTION
INBAR Bamboo Survey and Monitoring System is a suite of mobile and
online applications designed to assist the INBAR in the bamboo
planting and monitoring program.
INBAR Bamboo Survey Mobile App :collect survey data on-site
INBAR Bamboo Online Monitoring System :support preliminary
analysis and distribution of survey results for presentation purposes

3. SYSTEM OVERVIEW
System Requirement, installation and update:
1. Android 6.0 or above version
2. The phone must have camera and GPS sensor
3. The App can be downloaded in Google Play by searching “INBAR
Global Survey”
4. Update the latest version if installed the app before.
5. Allow the app access to the device’ GPS, storage and camera

4. INBAR Global Survey App:User Interface
three main regions: (A) the sidebar, (B) the top bar, and (C) the bottom controller bar

5. Figure 1. Sidebar buttons
Projection: Select an appropriate
projected coordinate system
Map settings: Import base maps
from different sources and adjust the
radius for the location circle
Sync: Synchronize the field survey
data with the online server
Export: Export the survey results
including photos and data tables
Logout
About
Exit

6. 1.1.1. Top bar
 Rotate map: Rotate the current map to the default north-up orientation
 Select map layer: Show/hide and rearrange map layers that are imported into the
mobile client
 Search: Look up for the surveyed data by keywords (Figure 9)
Figure 1. Top bar buttons

7. 1.1.1. Bottom bar
This toolbar contains six buttons that control the display of different map
elements (Figure 10).
 Display GPS information (for more details, see Appendix A)
 Show/hide map elements and connection setting
 Zoom in
 Zoom out
 Navigate to current location
 Create a new map object
Figure 1. Functions provided on the bottom bar

8. Demonstration on Computer/ Mobile

9. Survey forms
Page Input field Selectable entry from the
dropdown
Note
1 Survey type Plantation
Harvesting
Disturbance
Administrative division level 1
to 4
[Division names]
2 Land tenure or land certificate Yes
No
Site condition Mountainous with steep slopes
Gentle slope
Flat land
Type of soil Rocky soils
Clayey soils
Sandy soils
Loamy soils

10. Page 3 Type of bamboo Clump bamboo
Running bamboo
Only shown
if Survey
type is
PlantationType of plantation Household planting
Farm boundary planting
Block planting (Farm)
Shelter belt
Communal/Forest planting
Name of species (See Appendix B)
Average clump diameter (m) < 1 meter
1-2 meter
2-3 meter
3-4 meter
> 4 meters

11. Method of harvesting Mature poles (3+ years)
Random harvesting
Only shown
if Survey
type is
Harvesting
Condition of clump Healthy
Unhealthy
Silvicultural treatments Aga marking and rotational
harvesting
Thinning
Soil mounding
None

12. Open Camera
• Reduce the size of photo( resolution 800*600)
• The setting of Stamp photo allows the camera to embed location and
time information

13. Camera Resolution setting

14. Camera Stamp Setting

15. Location Setting

16. DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS – INBAR
BAMBOO MONITORING SYSTEM (IBMS)
• INBAR Bamboo Monitoring System is an online platform that hosts all
field survey entries collected by the INBAR Bamboo Survey Mobile
Client. The Monitoring System allow users to explore the data visually
and statistically. Its web interface is organized around two tabs: Maps
and Statistics.
• When completed the online platform will be placed at
http://www.survey.inbar.int
• http://bamboomap.inbar.int:1208/

17. Thank you!
www.inbar.int
Yiyin Luo
yyluo@inbar.int