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Augmented Foraging
Combining the ancient skills of foragers with the newest mobile media.
A mobile phone guide to edible urban wild-food sources. Created in first instance for Amsterdam urban_edibles as an Ushahidi based app for Android phones. First test version available here: Boskoi
We have chosen Boskoi as a name for the mobile app because it translates as 'grazer' or 'browser' from the Greek 'βοσκοί'.
Functionalities (being implemented):
- Showing edible or useful wildfood sources in your area.
- Displaying direction and distance to plant.
- Providing info on edible parts of the plant.
- Enabling anyone (with gps on mobile) to upload new entries to the database.
- Providing links to expert knowledge (botanical, herbal, culinary, ecological)
- Verifying plant status.
- Open to mail, sms, twitter.
- Offering alerts to new additions in your area.
Possible extras:
- Offering harvesting alerts.
- Join local foragers and events.
- Providing a route to a recipe.
In future we aim at Boskoi versions for several platforms.
Somewhat related apps and maps:
- pollution maps > http://www.appcraver.com/pollution/
- Dutch butterfly guide > http://vlindergids.natuurlijkwild.nl/
- more green apps
a part of project groworld and category gardens