iNaturalist is the application that every wildlife observer needs
If you observe many different types of flowers, trees, birds or animals around you and want to help you identify them, we recommend you check iNaturalist. This is a website dedicated to it with Android and iOS applications that make it very easy to help you identify the flora and fauna that surrounds you. We have already written about bird watching applications that everyone can use, but natural is not limited to birds and is free. This makes it very attractive for nature lovers.
The iNaturalist website has a trove of information, but its application is why most people should start using it. The application lets you click or upload photos of flora and fauna, after that attempts to identify the species through the recognition of images, and it is surprisingly good at it. We have tested this feature widely and found that the results are really good. We have loaded images of many birds, flowers and trees and, in most cases, the naturalist could offer a precise identification of the species or, at least, the family to which it belongs. We uploaded a photo of a crow and could say that the bird belongs to the category "Crows and crows." With the photo of a hibiscus, he identified the flower and the first suggestion he offered was a Chinese hibiscus: our image was exactly like that and we were able to identify the flower with iNaturalist.
This is the biggest strength of the application. El Naturalista helped us to identify many images of flora and fauna that we had taken without knowing the exact names of the species and we are sure that it will help the majority of amateur observers. However, there is also a strong social characteristic that makes it even better. When registering, the application asks you if you want to allow others to use your images under a Creative Commons license, which allows your images to be used for the search. This is another aspect of the platform that we like. However, in addition to this, even if the application can not identify your clicks, other community members will be able to help you and there are enough users in India that will get some answers.
Once you click on an image and identify it, you can share it on the site and discuss your findings with other members of the community. Unfortunately, the discussion part of things is not fully compatible with the application. The naturalist application allows you to see observations around your location or search for photographs by location or by species. You can then go either or not according to the identification of images of other people, or even comment on them. However, most of the community interaction takes place on the website, which is a disappointment.
Each observation is classified on a scale of identification of occasional or research needs. If you upload a photo and mention that the observation was of a captive or cultivated species, it is marked as a casual observation. If it is an observation in nature, it is marked as "identification of needs". However, if there are enough people that match the identification, it is marked as a level of research and the image can contribute to scientific research. Although the search grade may look like a bar, it only looks for identifiable images. You do not need a high-quality camera to take photos, even if you can upload them if you wish. But even photos taken with a low-end Android camera, in a Xiaomi Mi Max 2, could make the cut so that a smartphone is decent enough.
The naturalist application allows you to add photos to projects, thus offering research-oriented work. You can check all the observations of the frogs that are seen in the Western Ghats, for example, and add yours. You can check projects near your location and add them easily through the app. We found many projects near Mumbai and we saw that they were incredibly detailed.
The application also has lots of guides to better identify the species. Most India-based guides lack a lot of information, but some of those based in the United States were really good on the basis of our observations. The Indian guides were comparatively generic and had information on a few species, while the international ones were much more detailed.
iNaturalist is exactly the type of application that turns casual observers into nature enthusiasts. It's easy to use and makes it very easy to identify flora and fauna, and its community-oriented aspects help people to contribute to the research as well. There is not much more a beginner-oriented application that they could do. We believe that the application needs to integrate more features of the website and that it should be an independent product instead of a companion. Although the natural one is incredible, it is not everything and will end with the wildlife observation. Instead, it is a great starting point and will surely encourage people to find in-depth guides online or offline to learn more about nature.
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The iNaturalist website has a trove of information, but its application is why most people should start using it. The application lets you click or upload photos of flora and fauna, after that attempts to identify the species through the recognition of images, and it is surprisingly good at it. We have tested this feature widely and found that the results are really good. We have loaded images of many birds, flowers and trees and, in most cases, the naturalist could offer a precise identification of the species or, at least, the family to which it belongs. We uploaded a photo of a crow and could say that the bird belongs to the category "Crows and crows." With the photo of a hibiscus, he identified the flower and the first suggestion he offered was a Chinese hibiscus: our image was exactly like that and we were able to identify the flower with iNaturalist.
This is the biggest strength of the application. El Naturalista helped us to identify many images of flora and fauna that we had taken without knowing the exact names of the species and we are sure that it will help the majority of amateur observers. However, there is also a strong social characteristic that makes it even better. When registering, the application asks you if you want to allow others to use your images under a Creative Commons license, which allows your images to be used for the search. This is another aspect of the platform that we like. However, in addition to this, even if the application can not identify your clicks, other community members will be able to help you and there are enough users in India that will get some answers.
Once you click on an image and identify it, you can share it on the site and discuss your findings with other members of the community. Unfortunately, the discussion part of things is not fully compatible with the application. The naturalist application allows you to see observations around your location or search for photographs by location or by species. You can then go either or not according to the identification of images of other people, or even comment on them. However, most of the community interaction takes place on the website, which is a disappointment.
Each observation is classified on a scale of identification of occasional or research needs. If you upload a photo and mention that the observation was of a captive or cultivated species, it is marked as a casual observation. If it is an observation in nature, it is marked as "identification of needs". However, if there are enough people that match the identification, it is marked as a level of research and the image can contribute to scientific research. Although the search grade may look like a bar, it only looks for identifiable images. You do not need a high-quality camera to take photos, even if you can upload them if you wish. But even photos taken with a low-end Android camera, in a Xiaomi Mi Max 2, could make the cut so that a smartphone is decent enough.
The naturalist application allows you to add photos to projects, thus offering research-oriented work. You can check all the observations of the frogs that are seen in the Western Ghats, for example, and add yours. You can check projects near your location and add them easily through the app. We found many projects near Mumbai and we saw that they were incredibly detailed.
The application also has lots of guides to better identify the species. Most India-based guides lack a lot of information, but some of those based in the United States were really good on the basis of our observations. The Indian guides were comparatively generic and had information on a few species, while the international ones were much more detailed.
iNaturalist is exactly the type of application that turns casual observers into nature enthusiasts. It's easy to use and makes it very easy to identify flora and fauna, and its community-oriented aspects help people to contribute to the research as well. There is not much more a beginner-oriented application that they could do. We believe that the application needs to integrate more features of the website and that it should be an independent product instead of a companion. Although the natural one is incredible, it is not everything and will end with the wildlife observation. Instead, it is a great starting point and will surely encourage people to find in-depth guides online or offline to learn more about nature.
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