I built a simplistic browser based “app” in hopes that it might nudge a regional network of restorationists into existence. The idea is, landowners can “advertise” what is occurring on their properties that they are willing to share, and in what quantity. Because all the underlying data is stored in an iNat project, all the sharing is transparent and can be overseen by subject matter experts in the region.
https://stockslager.github.io/iNat/cncnpc_seeds.html?project_id=223729
The app is really just a list of plants offered through a seed library project on iNat. The concept can work without the app, but the app is intended to simplify the plant list. It also allows the contributors to the library project to hi-light the insect species they’ve observed visiting the parent colonies that they’re sharing from (if u click the caterpillar).
Clicking the name of any plant in the list shows the list of observation fields collected when a species is added to the library. The observation fields collected might be different for every library and region. They could also be stored in an ancillary database maintained by an external organization.
The code isn’t particularly sophisticated but is built with, and on top of fairly sophisticated scripts in the stirfry repo. I haven’t worked in software development in 18 years. At most this could serve as a conceptual model or a prototype that a design could be built around. It’s a former developer’s “back of the napkin” sketch.
