✎ augmented_foraging [the libarynth]

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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 [[http://www.ushahidi.com/|Ushahidi]] based app for Android phones. **First test version available here:** [[http://vdmark.info/ushahidi/BoskoiAndroid.apk|Boskoi]] and [[boskoi|here]]

We have chosen [[grazing_hermits|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.
  * supporting standard format see: [[foragemarkuplanguage]]

In future we aim at Boskoi versions for several platforms.\\

=== Reviews / Interludes ===
  * http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-08/25/augmented-foraging
  * http://www.mobilebehavior.com/2010/08/25/mobile-crowdsourcing-boskoi-informs-foragers-about-wild-food-sources/
  * http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2010/08/augmented-reality-augmented-foraging/

=== Somewhat related apps and maps: ===

* http://forage.rs
  * NOAH: http://www.networkedorganisms.com/
  * http://m.waarneming.nl/index.php
  * http://www.foodspotting.com/
  * pollution maps > http://www.appcraver.com/pollution/
  * Dutch butterfly guide > http://vlindergids.natuurlijkwild.nl/   
  * more [[green apps]]

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a part of [[project groworld]] and [[category gardens]]

http://fo.am/groworld/

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