App for the real-time-management of field surveys.
The App PLOP was developed by EFTAS to facilitate the execution of complex and large scale mapping projects. PLOP stands for „Progress logging for Land Observation Projects”. This App enables surveyors in the field to provide direct and real-time feedback to the project management on the progress of data entry.
The dictionary describes the term „to plop“ as a „slight popping noise“. As soon as a point is processed in the field, this information appears, i.e. „plops“ onto the screen of the project manager.
PLOP is an EFTAS in-house design and was developed to support and coordinate a large number of surveyors in the field with a simple tool in the event of low mobile network coverage. PLOP allows dealing with short term capacity shifts if the progress of data entry is slowing down or speeding up for whatever reasons.
The App has proven itself in large scale mapping projects such as LUCAS or field surveys in Africa.
