Doğa Kaşifi

by TEMA Vakfı


Education

free



Doga Kasifi has developed by TEMA Foundation under Turan Demiraslan - Istanbul’s Biological Diversity Mobile Application Project. It is the first citizen science mobile application developed in Turkey. Citizen Science is a system that enables citizens to participate in scientific processes by exploring and enjoying the nature, regardless of their educational background. Features: Identify trees and shrubs by different features such as leaf, flower or fruit Save the species you identified and create your own observation listVisualise your observation history on the mapDiscover more about each species and learn how to tell apart similar species from detailed species description texts and photographs Get help from an expert about identifying the species confuses you Explore Istanbul’s city parks and the species you can observe in these places from “Places” Highlights: A plant identification application that anyone who wants to start observing plants but has no background in botany can use with easeFree and easy to use digital tool to store your nature observation recordsYou can contribute to scientific research, conservation, environmental advocacy and environmental education with your observation records as this project employs open data policyContribute to expanding the database by recording plants elsewhere than Istanbul