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County volunteers and partners flag counter accuracy, vandalism and data-sharing needs
Summary
At the March Trails Advisory Committee meeting county staff and volunteers reviewed trail-counter technologies, reported vandalism and offline units, and discussed data quality problems (vegetation triggers and cellular coverage) that complicate using counts for funding applications.
County volunteers and staff presented a countywide review of trail counters — the devices used to estimate trail visitation — and the committee discussed reliability, vandalism and data-sharing options.
Gordon (speaker 8), who manages many of the county’s counters, summarized deployments and technologies: "There are at least 3 different styles of counters," he said, outlining photo-optic/infrared units, Zelt loop designs that can…
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