Locus Technologies unveils environmental data collection app

The environmental consulting company Locus Technologies has recently unveiled a new iPhone app for professionals in the environmental data collection industry.

The app, called eWell, allows companies to collect water-related data in the field and transmit it to the company's cloud-based data management system, according to GreenBiz. For full data collection and storage capabilities, companies can purchase the eWell app from the Apple store and can download the Locus software that allows them to store this data and to map routes for field collection of data, including measures of water quality, levels, pH and other information.

According to the news source, the eWell technology was first launched on the Palm 7 platform in 2001, and was used by government contractors like Chevron and Honeywell. Only now has the app for the iPhone been launched, however.

Locus plans to release the app for use on the Android platform in the future, and says it will develop and release other environmental information management apps soon.

"We have applications that operate in other segments of environment information management, such as carbon management, air emissions, sustainability, compliance and energy management," Locus Technologies chief executive officer (CEO) Neno Duplan said. "In each and every one of these, we plan to extend the application to allow for field data collection."

According to the Apple website, there are currently more than 350,000 mobile apps available in the Apple store.