Tracking app snaps crocodile locations
People living near Queensland’s crocodile-infested waterways are set to be safer with the launch of a new mobile phone app that tracks the dangerous reptiles.
Queenslanders living in crocodile country are set to be safer with a snappy new app that tracks the dangerous reptiles as they move through waterways.
The Qwildlife mobile phone application shows a crocodileās size, location and the time it was last sighted, theĀ Department of Environment and Science says.
The app also shows any photographs of the animal that can be safely taken.
āIt will help keep waterways in croc country safer for people because theyāll have more information about where crocodiles are,ā spokesman Lindsay Delzoppo said on Friday.
āThe app will be important for croc country communities, anglers, boaties and recreational river users.ā
But Delzoppo warned members of the public using the app not to become complacent.
āIf they look on the site and see thereās no crocodile in the water, donāt assume it is safe to go there,ā he said.
āCrocodiles are spread right throughout crocodile country and just because you canāt see one doesnāt mean itās safe to go in.ā
Previously, members of the public called a 1300 phone number to share information about crocodiles with wildlife officers.
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āThey had to wait, press a button or two and people were finding it too frustrating,ā Delzoppo said.
āThis will make it much easier ā¦ and if theyāve reported a crocodile they are able to see how weāve been managing it.ā
Qwildlife will also help wildlife officers target problem crocodiles using the most recent information about the scaly beasts.
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