Google Gadgets to View Recent eBird and eBird Trail Tracker Sightings - Version 1.0

Summary

These two Google gadgets provide a means to show eBird or eBird Trail Tracker(eTT) observations over the past few days on a web site or on your Google home page. These gadgets utilize the data provided by the eBird Recent Sightings By Loc API (v1.0).That API delivers summary data about eBird and eTT observations made at an eBird hotspot. Since all eTT deployments are linked to a particular eBird hot spot, these gadgets can deliver summary information to the web site of an eTT owner/subscriber.

There are two separate gadgets, which display the same data, but are branded somewhat differently. One gadget has eTT branding while the other has pure eBird branding.

eTT-branded Gadget

Example

Here is a live an example of this gadget on a page: http://ebird.org/wstools1.0/google/byloc/sample/sample-estero-llano.html. This example utilizes the look and feel of the Estero Llano Grande State Park web site to show what the gadget might look like on the web site of an eTT owner/subscriber.

Installing This Gadget On Your Web Site

1. You will need the eBird location ID (LOC_ID) of the eTT site. You can get this in one of two ways:
   1. Ask your eTT customer service representative.
   2. Find it in the list of eBird hot spots by state/province.
2. Customize the look of the gadget.
   1. Open the Google Gadget customization page: http://www.gmodules.com/ig/creator?synd=open&url=http://ebird.org/wstools1.0/google/byloc/ett-byloc.xml
   2. Replace the default "Hot spot location ID" with the one you got from step one above.
   3. Configure how you want the gadget to look.
   4. Copy the JavaScript code provided on that page.
3. Paste the JavaScript produced by step 2 above into a page on your own web site.

Details

The URL of this gadget: http://ebird.org/wstools1.0/google/byloc/ett-byloc.xml.

eBird-branded Gadget

Example

There is not yet an example installation of the eBird-branded gadget.

Installing This Gadget On Your Web Site

1. You will need the eBird location ID (LOC_ID) of hot spot for which you want to see data. Find it in the list of eBird hot spots by state/province.
2. Customize the look of the gadget.
   1. Open the Google Gadget customization page: http://www.gmodules.com/ig/creator?synd=open&url=http://ebird.org/wstools1.0/google/byloc/ebird-byloc.xml
   2. Replace the default "Hot spot location ID" with the one you got from step one above.
   3. Configure how you want the gadget to look.
   4. Copy the JavaScript code provided on that page.
3. Paste the JavaScript produced by step 2 above into a page on your own web site.

Details

The URL of this gadget: http://ebird.org/wstools1.0/google/byloc/ebird-byloc.xml.