Sasol eBirds (v. 1.3.0) Разработано mydigitalearth.com |
The Sasol e.Birds of Southern Africa is an interactive version of the best-selling Sasol Birds of Southern Africa field guide. This application has specific features that will enhance your birding experience.
NB: Please note that an additional download of 185MB is required once this app has been installed. Please ensure you use a WiFi connection to prevent additional data costs.
FEATURES:
- Images, distribution maps and text descriptions of over 950 bird species found in the Southern African region.
- Audible calls for over 630 bird species
- A "Smart Search" that allows you to easily identify a bird using beak shape, bird size, bird colour and habitat.
- You can select a region of Southern Africa, so that the lists of birds throughout the program display only the birds in your region. Includes GPS detection of your current location.
- "Bird Compare" to allow you to compare two birds on the same screen (including calls).
- A personal bird list that stores your bird sightings saved to the device* and can be exported to your storage card, email or to ebird.org extended record format.
- GPS location tagging of bird sightings.
- View the Bird Index by English or Afrikaans bird names.
* Uninstalling/reinstalling the program will result in the loss of your list, it is recommended that you keep a backup from the application (My List -> Export).
We invite all users to share their comments and ideas on our forum at www.mydigitalearth.com
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[2012-12-25] A Google User: Sasol eBirds Having lots of fun! Fantastic app! |
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[2012-12-24] A Google User: My list After update my list was wiped out! |
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[2012-12-20] A Google User: Promising... Lists, sketches and sounds are good. Smart search don't work most of the time - sometimes freezes app. Requires afrikaans descriptions. When in Afr mode it does not show Eng names. Some Afr words has spelling errors. Requires urgent bug fixes for 5 stars. |
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[2012-12-19] A Google User: Samsung Galaxy S2 With my new app I have downloaded everytime I do a smart search the app stops working. Why is this? How can it be fixed? My older app did a good search eveytime. Other than that it is a great app. |
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[2012-12-14] A Google User: Jan Botha App stops working when "smart search" is used. Makes the app close to useless. |
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[2012-12-06] A Google User: sasol eBirds smart search Everytime I do a smart search the app stops working. WHat a dissapointment. It was realy a pricy app but I dont think it is all that great and definately not worth the money! |
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[2012-11-30] A Google User: Don't buy it!! What a waste of money, which i could get a refund as it realy sucks!! Dont buy it. |
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[2012-10-16] A Google User: LOST DATA WITH THE LAST UPDATE I HAVE (I THINK THIS IS WHEN) LOST ALL MY DATA; "YOU HAVE NO LISTS" IS THE MESSAGE. NOT IMPRESSED. I WILL WAIT FOR MY RATING, PRESENTLY IT IS SOMEWHAT AVERAGE. |
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[2012-09-28] A Google User: Great Nice to have gallery view. Would be nice to see entire bird name on bird screen |
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[2012-09-26] A Google User: Excellent app. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Can I download on phone as well without paying for app again? |
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[2012-09-22] A Google User: Fix My list deletions. Please fix the app to not clear "My List" every time there is an update. Am tired of re-entering everytime. Alternatively sort out the import/export feature. |
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[2012-09-20] A Google User: Latest Update Downloading the latest update deleted "My List" on the app! |
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[2012-09-17] A Google User: Great BUT... I have been extremely happy with using the SASOL e-bird application. However I recently downloaded the new 12 September 2013 update and my total My List has been cleared. All my recording of the past year is gone. What now??? |
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[2012-09-17] A Google User: Always improving. This has become a handy app while in field. Does need to have a broader location selection. Considering Larks, just selecting 'Western Cape' is open to omissions in the list. Slowly evolving from assistance while birding to a reference tool. |
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[2012-09-13] A Google User: Incredible app Bird songs are amazing and really help to identify birds. |
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[2012-09-09] A Google User: Bird identitifier I find it very useful, but would love to be able to record a bird song and have the book tell me the bird. The songs with the image is the best featur |
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[2012-08-20] A Google User: Comprehensive guide thats fits in your pocket! A nice app which is very handy, especially when you are on the go. The only problem I have had is that I get an error when I try to export my list. Now there is no way for me to backup my sightings list, please fix this bug in the next update! |
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[2012-08-20] A Google User: Exporting list & GPS Please fix the export function & get the GPS fuction to work. |
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[2012-08-13] A Google User: Fantastic Fantastic app |
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[2012-08-12] A Google User: Paper book is better... If I have the paper book available, I use that first. The smart search is all but useless. The export function on an older version worked, so I exported my lists. I then bought a new tablet and phone, tried to import my lists, the software says it can't import - now I have to manually input all my lists again. Funny enough, it doesn't export anymore either. Support staff are as useless as the software. Very expensive purchase, and would have been better off buying second book to keep in my car. |
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[2012-07-31] A Google User: Great app, can improve Works well and the side-by-side comparison is cool. Have to get all the way out of search results before a new search. A gps position for the sighting would be really nice seeing as most phones have gps. And lastly photos of the birds, because the drawn images aren't always 100% accurate on colours. |
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[2012-07-22] A Google User: Getting better Smart search is useless. Needs a quick index page with icons of the most common bids like at the back of the book. |
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[2012-07-05] A Google User: Needs picture browsing Smart search is not very useful. |
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[2012-07-02] A Google User: Useless Useless without picture browsing |
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[2012-05-11] A Google User: Solid This app works fine but please do a bit more work on the aesthetics. The main menu is ugly. |
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[2012-05-06] A Google User: Dissapointing X10000 Downloading forever and every now and then I receive error messages of failed download.Do not download this app you will be dissapointed that is guarenteed!!!If there were a minus star I would give it a minus 10 stars |
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[2012-04-19] A Google User: Disappointing. in my opinion a poor implementation. The smart search is not much use to me. Compared to what I am used to, a competing bird e-book not yet available on Android, this is a big disappointment. |
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[2012-04-13] A Google User: Better than the old PDA version I bought the app over the phone, but decided to download the database (185MB) on the PC. I`ve tried 5 times, but the download stops time after time, never going past 118MB. This renders the application useless on my phone and it`s money wasted. I had the PDA version which I used often, but this is a HUGE disappointment !! - 1 Day later - E-mailed the developer and they tried their best to assist me, but it still fails. They are now going to mail me a CD with the database. Thanks a lot !! - 1 week later - Received the CD with the database and everything works perfectly - better than the old PDA version. |
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[2012-04-10] A Google User: 100% I like |
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[2012-04-10] A Google User: Good Johann The application is not Afrikaans friendly. You can change the names to Afrikaans but all the text and recordings remain in English |
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[2012-04-04] A Google User: Sasol birds Xxxellent |
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[2012-04-01] A Google User: Great Great app. Just the smart search needs some improving.will definitely recommended it to others. |
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[2012-03-29] A Google User: Needs work Still feels like the old pda version |
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[2012-03-25] A Google User: Sasol ebirds SA The search facility can be improved to include parts of names as well as the Afrikaans and common names. It should be able to give suggestions if the name you are searching for is incomplete, spelled incorrectly. |
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[2012-03-19] A Google User: Family page Would be nice to have family page as previous version |
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[2012-03-16] A Google User: Great! Very good app. Runs perfectly on galaxy so. Only thing missing is a better index to get around faster. |
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[2012-03-03] A Google User: A large disappointment - Failure to install Web site says "This app is compatible with your phone". ... However, having paid for the book, the application fails to install on my Android device, missing 180 Mb of files. Upon attempting to install these files, I get an error message. Obviously there needs to be much better control over the installation process. Now I have to go through the tedious process of trying to get my money back from the publisher. Instead of benefiting from this purchase, it has brought me financial loss and a lot of hassle. |
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[2012-02-25] A Google User: Improved a bit. |
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[2012-02-23] A Google User: Neville I previously had a different Southern African ebook on birds and found it to be more user friendly and more graphic with a lot more photographs. |
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[2012-01-19] A Google User: Super App I am a guide taking guests around and it just so convenient not to have to carry a ton of books around. |
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[2012-01-18] A Google User: Excellent Even managed to get a pin tailed wydah upset by playing the bird call |
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[2012-01-15] A Google User: Sasol birds Excellent app, calls very helpful |
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[2011-12-22] A Google User: Good |
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[2011-11-24] A Google User: Very good app! Great app if you are into birding . Great job, with the new update that caters for tablets, this is the best bird huide on the app market. Well done! |
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[2011-11-19] A Google User: Download failed numerous times, so I have not had a chance to see what the app is like. |
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[2011-10-13] A Google User: Needs mote development On my Galaxy Tab buttons overlap. Menus are not the same as on small phones. Text size is not appropriate for a tablet. No image browsing. |
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[2011-09-06] A Google User: Very usefull app, there are a few bird calls missing but overall great! |
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[2011-09-06] Anonymous: Very usefull app, there are a few bird calls missing but overall great! |
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[2011-09-01] A Google User: Excellent Content, Terrible Product, Worse Support I have always been a fan of Sasol's book and the app for Windows Mobile worked relatively well. This however is a really poor implementation. I am running it on my Galaxy Tab and whenever I return to the main page it force closes. I have sent repeated requests to the developers who have not even had the courtesy to reply. In addition, the functionality isn't very good. They present Sasol's excellent content and do little else than that. Their "smart-search" is really poor. |
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[2011-09-01] Peter: Excellent Content, Terrible Product, Worse Support I have always been a fan of Sasol's book and the app for Windows Mobile worked relatively well. This however is a really poor implementation. I am running it on my Galaxy Tab and whenever I return to the main page it force closes. I have sent repeated requests to the developers who have not even had the courtesy to reply. In addition, the functionality isn't very good. They present Sasol's excellent content and do little else than that. Their "smart-search" is really poor. |
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[2011-08-21] A Google User: Recommended . Few issues still like the bird names defaulting to Afrikaans and a gps co-ord based location missing. Good value. |
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[2011-08-21] Gerald: Recommended . Few issues still like the bird names defaulting to Afrikaans and a gps co-ord based location missing. Good value. |
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[2011-08-18] A Google User: Great app. An essential reference tool for every birder and the casual observer too |
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[2011-08-18] Steve: Great app. An essential reference tool for every birder and the casual observer too |
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[2011-05-24] Renier: Good: data Bad: forced closes sometimes on startup. Obviously copied from iPhone app (help is VERY inaccurate) Afrikaans translation not consistent. |
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[2011-05-22] A Google User: bad news!!! i downloaded this app yesterday,or so i thought. it said downloading then stopped.when i go back into the market it says purchased and gives you the option to download,i then clicked on it and it starts to download then stops again! please fix or help me. i sent an e-mail to the developer with no reply so now im appealing to the android market... Ive paid good money for something that is not even working,so please help[ |
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[2011-05-22] Cuan: bad news!!! i downloaded this app yesterday,or so i thought. it said downloading then stopped.when i go back into the market it says purchased and gives you the option to download,i then clicked on it and it starts to download then stops again! please fix or help me. i sent an e-mail to the developer with no reply so now im appealing to the android market... Ive paid good money for something that is not even working,so please help[ |
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[2011-05-17] A Google User: Essential for birding in South Africa Thank you for making an Android version of this software. I used to have the older version of eBirds on my (now extinct) PDA and I used it continually. With the new version the illustrations are spot on, maps are accurate, text is just right but, most importantly for me, the bird calls are accurate. I can really recommend this software! |
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[2011-05-17] Oliver: Essential for birding in South Africa Thank you for making an Android version of this software. I used to have the older version of eBirds on my (now extinct) PDA and I used it continually. With the new version the illustrations are spot on, maps are accurate, text is just right but, most importantly for me, the bird calls are accurate. I can really recommend this software! |
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