Seek is a free app that nature lovers can use to help them identify plants, animals and other parts of Mother Nature. Developed by iNaturalist, the app has been described as the Shazam of nature.
This Shazam for nature app has a huge library with more than 2,500 images of tree flowers, bark, seedsand leaves. You can use the application offline as it saves the tree database to your iOS gadget. Thanks to the SnapIt tool, you can photograph leaves directly from the application. Then you can start identifying the tree from the captured image. Mar 10, 2016 If you ever walk by a specific plant that you would like to identify, or you have extensive knowledge about plant species that you would like to share, then the PlantNet app is for you. Available for iPhone and Android devices, it is essentially the Shazam for plants. It’s pretty awesome to consider what technology is capable of these days.
- Jul 16, 2019 Seek is a free app that nature lovers can use to help them identify plants, animals and other parts of Mother Nature. Developed by iNaturalist, the app has been described as the Shazam of nature. Seek uses image recognition technology to identify plant and animal species.
- Mar 27, 2018 Free “Shazam for Nature” App Identifies Plants and Animals in Your Photos via MyModernMet Released earlier this month by iNaturalist —an online social network for nature enthusiasts—the new app, Seek, is part of an ongoing attempt to involve ordinary people in citizen science projects.
Seek uses image recognition technology to identify plant and animal species. The app adds a competitive edge by allowing users to earn badges for the different birds, amphibians, plants and fungi that they find. The free app encourages users to go outside and learn about the natural world around them.
How it works:
Open the app when you find an organism you want to identify.
Point the Seek Camera at the animal / plant and capture an image of it.
The app will identify what you have taken an image of, allowing you to earn badges.
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There is also a facts feature that will inform you about the organism.
Image: Apple App store, screenshot of Seek App
Seek is a free app and is available for download on the Google Play and Apple App Store here.
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iNaturalist is a joint initiative of the California Academy of Science and the National Geographic Society.
Image: Unsplash
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