Lake Tag

Overview

Lake Tag is a pocket-sized Bluetooth button that logs a georeferenced observation on your lake's Lake Pulse map with a single press. No app to open, no form to fill out, no photograph required.

It pairs to the Lake Pulse app over Bluetooth and stays connected in the background. Press it, and the location and time are recorded.

Subscription options are selected at checkout.

What problem does this solve for our lake?

The most valuable observations on a lake are made by people who are not monitoring it. Someone notices discolouration off the point, a dead fish, a plume behind a boat, weeds where there were none last year — and then does nothing, because doing something means stopping, unlocking a phone, opening an app, and filling in a form while the boat drifts. Almost all of that information is lost. Not because people do not care, but because the friction is higher than the moment is worth. A button removes the friction entirely. What you get in exchange is coverage no monitoring programme can buy: hundreds of observations from people who are on the water anyway, each one timestamped and placed on the map.

What's included?

• Lake Tag Bluetooth smart button
• Single-press georeferenced observation logging to your lake's Lake Pulse map
• Background pairing with the Lake Pulse app — no need to open anything
• Subscription options selected at checkout
• Observations appear on your lake's map for the community to see

What's not included

• A smartphone, which you supply, running the Lake Pulse app
• Descriptions or photographs. A press records where and when, not what — add detail later in the app if you want it.
• Water quality measurement of any kind
• Verification of what was observed

Requirements

• A smartphone with Bluetooth and the Lake Pulse app installed
• The app permitted to run in the background, which is what makes single-press logging work
• A Lake Pulse account