Technology

To explore and document what's in the watershed, we use the Listening to the River toolkit, which includes equipment to record audio, visual and location information, basically everything except smell.  Here is a list of the equipment used to gather data and you'll find pictures below:

Audio Recording:

Marantz PMD-660 Solid State Digital Audio Deck: Used for recording CD quality digital sounds.

Sennheiser ME66/K6 Shotgun Microphone: Used for high resolution field recordings of sounds from the perspective of where the listener is standing.

Telinga Pro-6 Stereo-DAT Parabolic Microphone: Used for high resolution field recordings of sounds from the perspective of the entity creating the sound.

Digital Imaging:

Canon Powershot S80 Digital Camera: For recording high-resolution digital still images. 

Panasonic PV-GS65 Digital Camcorder: For recording digital video and lower-resolution still images.

Global Positioning:

Trimble GeoXM Handheld GPS Unit: Used for determining and recording the user's position on the earth within 1 to 3 meters.

Garmin Rhino and Etrex GPS Units:  Used for determining and recording the user's position on the earth.

Part of the Listening to the River experience is also to create finished digital productions on DVD, for radio broadcast and for viewing/listening on the web.  The production software we will be using includes:

• Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0: Still image management and editing.
• Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0: Video capture and editing and DVD mastering.
• Adobe Audition 2.0: Audio editing and production.
• ESRI ArcPad 7.0: Map based interface for GPS.
• LIAA Community Center: Content management for web presentation.
• Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth: Map presentation on the web.