[NPSBC] Help needed to expand plant id iPhone app Leafsnap to western North America

[Daniel Mosquin]

via the Plant Conservation Alliance mailing list:

(begin forwarded message)

Calling all nature enthusiasts! We need your help to build the world’s 
most comprehensive electronic field guide for plants. Our existing 
iPhone app, Leafsnap http://leafsnap.com/ , uses visual recognition 
software to help identify tree species from photographs of their 
leaves. However, our current database only includes trees in the 
Northeast U.S. Help us expand that coverage by uploading images of 
tree leaves using the iNaturalist app 
http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/leafsnap (available for both iOS 
and Android devices). Detailed instructions for participating in this 
exciting mobile crowdsourcing project are available here: 
http://biotrackers.net/Leafsnap-Project/home.html

(end forwarded message)

Also,

"Leafsnap is the first in a series of electronic field guides being 
developed by researchers from Columbia University, the University of 
Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution. This free mobile app uses 
visual recognition software to help identify tree species from 
photographs of their leaves."

-- 
Daniel P.K. Mosquin
Research Manager | UBC Botanical Garden | UBC Biodiversity Collection 
| Faculty of Science

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver
6804 SW Marine Drive | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Phone 604 827 5773 | Fax 604 822 2016

daniel.mosquin at ubc.ca | @ubcgarden
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