Automated uploading and archiving of field data

Purpose

1. Automate the collection, uploading, and archiving of field environmental data from protected areas.

2. Ensures real-time monitoring, regulatory compliance, and long-term accessibility of field surveys, sensor outputs, and ranger reports.

3. Automates the collation of various data types (images, GPS, text logs, sensor readings) into central repositories.

4. Drastically reduces manual input, human error, and lag times in reporting field activity for conservation management.

5. Supports automated downstream analytics, regulatory audits, responsive conservation management, and efficient interdepartmental collaboration.

Trigger Conditions

1. New field data file added to a mobile app, sensor, or database.

2. Scheduled intervals for batch uploads (e.g., daily, hourly upload of ranger logs).

3. Real-time sensor alert issued (e.g., critical threshold exceeded).

4. Conditional (e.g., upon receipt of digitally signed field forms).

5. Manual triggers by authorized field staff or remote supervisors.

Platform Variants

1. Google Drive

• Feature/Setting: Files App > Google Drive API; configure trigger when new data is received in a specific mobile folder; automate moving to a centralized Drive archive.
  

2. Microsoft OneDrive

• Feature/Setting: OneDrive REST API; automate upload endpoint using FileUpload; set up webhook for new field data.
  

3. Dropbox

• Feature/Setting: Dropbox Content Upload API; automate folder monitoring for file arrival; configure automated archiving.
  

4. Box

• Feature/Setting: Box Uploads API; configure App Integration; automate file indexing and movement.
  

5. Amazon S3

• Feature/Setting: S3 PutObject API; automate uploading with event-based Lambda triggers for archival.
  

6. Azure Blob Storage

• Feature/Setting: Azure Blob Storage REST API; configure automated copy with scheduled function app.
  

7. Nextcloud

• Feature/Setting: WebDAV endpoint; automate periodic or event-driven uploads from field device to archive folder.
  

8. ArcGIS Online

• Feature/Setting: ArcGIS Feature Service; use Apply Edits endpoint to automate upload of geospatial observations.
  

9. Survey123 (Esri)

• Feature/Setting: Survey123 REST API; automate form submission archiving using Webhook triggers.
  

10. Smartsheet

• Feature/Setting: Smartsheet API Attachments endpoint; automate attachment of field images/documents to relevant rows.
  

11. Trello

• Feature/Setting: Trello API Attachments; automate card attachment archiving when new data is added.
  

12. Monday.com

• Feature/Setting: Monday File Upload API; automate file addition to boards on data arrival.
  

13. Salesforce

• Feature/Setting: Salesforce Files API; automate uploading new data as record attachments.
  

14. Airtable

• Feature/Setting: Airtable Attachments field via API; automate file uploads to row on data capture.
  

15. Jotform

• Feature/Setting: Jotform Submission Webhook; automate archiving uploaded form files.
  

16. Zoho Creator

• Feature/Setting: Zoho Creator API; automate data entry and document upload to database.
  

17. Power Automate

• Feature/Setting: Automated Flow; use “When a file is created” trigger for archiving.
  

18. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Slack API Files.upload; automate posting new field data into protected archive channel.
  

19. SharePoint

• Feature/Setting: SharePoint REST API Documents; automate document library upload.
  

20. SAP Document Management

• Feature/Setting: SAP DMS API; automate upload and indexation of new field artifacts.
  

21. FTP/SFTP Server

• Feature/Setting: Scheduled/sensor-triggered file upload to endpoint via credential-based automation.
  

Benefits

1. Automates secure, compliant data management for environmental monitoring.

2. Automated archiving provides traceable, searchable long-term records for audits.

3. Minimizes human intervention and reduces risk of data loss or tampering through automation.

4. Automates multi-source field data collation, boosting operational efficiency.

5. Enables automatable real-time reporting and monitoring for faster decision-making.

6. Scales environmental data processing infrastructure with automated workflows.

7. Ensures protected area authorities can automate collaboration across teams and agencies.