Well not really. Think of the bat detector as just a sound recorder.
You'd typically take the file, analyse it on some spectrum analysis software, and coupled with any visual clues when you saw the bat, identify the bat.
Well now you get software that takes the file and tells you the bat, end of! similar to plantsnap taking your photo and telling you the plant.
I think there is a danger here of putting too much faith and reliance in the software.
Much better, I think, would be the app/field guide whatever, asking you questions so you come up with the identification yourself, and that way you learn why it is that species. More along the lines of an identification key.
You'd typically take the file, analyse it on some spectrum analysis software, and coupled with any visual clues when you saw the bat, identify the bat.
Well now you get software that takes the file and tells you the bat, end of! similar to plantsnap taking your photo and telling you the plant.
I think there is a danger here of putting too much faith and reliance in the software.
Much better, I think, would be the app/field guide whatever, asking you questions so you come up with the identification yourself, and that way you learn why it is that species. More along the lines of an identification key.
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