If you are one of those who like to photograph nature, we present to you iNaturalist, an app that will help you recognize and learn about plant and animal species that photographs.
Both explorers and amateurs and nature lovers can use this powerful tool, which allows them identify the species of animal or plant of the image they captured with their smartphone. iNaturalist receives contributions from various users who, through their discoveries and descriptions, They provide support for scientific study. of different species.
The iNaturalist app It has existed since 2008, it first developed as a website and then it gave way to a mobile application for Android and iPhone. Science journalist Ed Yong called him “a cross between Shazam and an old-fashioned field guide.”.
iNaturalist identifies audio and photographs
The iNaturalist platform It is based on data crowdsourcing (distributed open collaboration). The users The application offers the possibility of submit observations of living organisms in different forms whether in photographs, sound recordings, or by reporting sightings.
The observations are categorized as either “casual” or “research”., When the observations are of research grade, they are integrated into online databases for use by researchers. iNaturalist is supported by the United Nations Environment Programme with whom he celebrates World Environment Day.
Most of active users of the application They are people who like to record what they see and contribute to scientific research, while others use it to identify the species they are observing at certain times.
The iNaturalist community In August 2017, it reached more than 500,000 users who collaborated with more than 6,600,000 observations of plants, animals, and other living organisms. worldwide. Users have established and contributed to over 9,000 different projects, covering a number of topics.
Nature and artificial intelligence
This application It uses artificial intelligence using a neural network that It handles millions of images and files., allowing the ability to provide automated recommendations about the type of wildlife you are observing. The algorithm feeds on information provided by the community and learns. as the database grows with user contributions.
iNaturalist has three versions, Web page, iOS app and Android application. iOS users have access to automated visual suggestions; however, since June of this year, work has been underway to develop this same capability for all available versions.
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