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It\u2019s one thing to talk about best practices for mobile mappers; it\u2019s another to showcase successful companies who are using OXTS positioning technology to do incredible things. In this blog, we\u2019re going beyond the theory to show you what can be achieved when using OXTS technology for mobile mapping. Particularly the fight against poaching in Africa.<\/h5>\n\n\n
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Specifically, we\u2019re shining a light on a startup that\u2019s using our technology to do something completely unique, solving a problem that many thought impossible. We\u2019re so pleased to be a part of their story, and proud to share the work they\u2019re doing with you. They are Xeroth AI.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is\u00a0Xeroth\u00a0AI?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Xeroth\u00a0was founded in 2024, and includes in its\u00a0ranks\u00a0wildlife biologists, radar specialists, and remote monitoring experts.\u00a0Xeroth\u00a0exists to revolutionise how humanity safeguards the world\u2019s wildlife; specifically, it is investigating how to combine AI and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems to\u00a0identify\u00a0and\u00a0remove\u00a0wire snare traps in national parks in South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is\u00a0Xeroth doing in the fight against poaching?<\/span><\/h4>\n

Xeroth is mapping the location of wire snare traps in South African wildlife parks, so that they can be removed by rangers and wildlife can be protected.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wire snare traps are incredibly cheap to produce, easy for poachers to deploy, and difficult for rangers to spot. They are also incredibly inhumane, inflicting great suffering on the animals caught in them and decreasing the odds of survival for animals associated with the initial victim (especially the young). They are also hugely indiscriminate, threatening nearly any animal larger than a mouse, and because they are so difficult to spot, rangers can spend much of their time removing traps and still be uncertain that they have been successful in removing them all from that area. It can also be highly dangerous, for example if the animal is still alive and the rest of its family are nearby.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n

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But the job is massive. In South Africa alone, for instance, protected areas where poachers are likely to operate amounts to around 11.3 million hectares; a massive area to cover. In addition, the difficulty with spotting wire snare traps means that rangers often only remove between 1 and 20% of existing traps, the number of which runs into the millions! To try and solve the issue another way, rangers often attempt to arrest poachers to cut off wire snares at the source. But with rangers and poachers coming from the same communities, this approach causes much conflict and tension.<\/span><\/p>\n

Xeroth\u2019s<\/a> <\/span>goal is to accurately map the positions of wire snare traps from the air. With this data, rangers can remove the traps far faster than they can at present and with far greater confidence that they have found all the traps in an area. This keeps poaching to a minimum without bringing unnecessary tensions into the local community \u2013 and, of course, it keeps wildlife from suffering an agonising death at the hands of the traps.<\/span><\/p>\n

The solution\u00a0comprises\u00a0three distinct parts:<\/span><\/p>\n