Subject: designing the best field guide
Date: Aug 23 12:37:03 2002
From: Rob McNair-Huff - rob at whiterabbits.com


I agree, Rolan. What we need is an e-book file that can run on a
multimedia-capable handheld computer that is rugged enough to take into
the field. I have already created an outline with information about all
the bird species normally found in Washington, including identification
notes, that I can carry around on my Palm Vx organizer that goes
everywhere with me. All I would need is something with enough storage
space to hold a small image of each species and audio playback
capabilities to add sounds to the outline and it would be a great resource.

Even now as an outline the document is pretty useful. I just need to
spend more time placing identification notes and migration times into the
outline...

Rob

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Co-author of Insiders Guide to the Olympic Peninsula

>
>Ian, In the "perfect" field guide, I would like to see the birds' calls
>/ songs built in to the book so that pushing a "button" on the page would
>activate it. Much the way some children's books "talk" when a symbol is
>touched. The written song/call descriptions just don't seem to help
>much. -Rolan