We are partnering with the Arribada Initiative to give away a limited number of SnapperGPS receivers to interested people who want to try them out, e.g., for wildlife tracking. If you are interested in obtaining one or more receivers, please answer the questions below and we will get in touch with you with a decision soon.
To learn more about SnapperGPS and to decide whether it is suitable for your project or not, please visit https://snappergps.info. The SnapperGPS receiver version that we will distribute is open source on GitHub and described in this paper.
We will prioritise projects that (1) would use the SnapperGPS receivers sooner rather than later, (2) are well defined, and/or (3) would be willing to share data with us.
We will not charge you for the SnapperGPS receiver(s). However, there will be a shipping fee of approximately £4/$5 (UK) or £10/$13 (rest of the world) per batch. Payments will be by card. The recipient will be responsible for any duties and taxes (based on a value of $35 per receiver). The receiver will be yours to keep. You can also send them back if you do not need them anymore so they can be reused.
Each of your SnapperGPS receivers will require a lithium-ion polymer battery with a JST-PH connector, for example this one with 40 mAh or this one with 110 mAh. Additionally, it will need an active GPS-L1 antenna with a U.FL/IPEX connector, which you can source from us (see below). The receiver would come as an unprotected PCB. So, depending on your use case, you might also need some kind of housing, heat shrinking, or vacuum sealing to protect the electronics.
Any questions? Ask them on GitHub (preferred) or contact us via theteam@snappergps.info.
We will distribute the SnapperGPS receivers on a rolling basis as long as our stock lasts. If you like your SnapperGPS receiver(s), then there will be an option to purchase more of them at a later point in time (or you can build your own).
Thank you for your interest!
- The SnapperGPS team at the University of Oxford (Jonas Beuchert, Amanda Matthes, Alex Rogers).