OpenTreeMap is a collaborative platform for crowdsourced tree inventory, ecosystem services calculations, urban forestry analysis, and community engagement.
I have been volunteering with an organization that uses OTM, and we had a conversation that came up about connecting OTM to iNaturalist for species identification.
The workflow as I imagine it would be as follows:
User creates tree
User uploads photo
On the image sharing modal, an option is given for iNaturalist
Clicking that lets the user submit the image to iNaturalist
OTM keeps track of the iNaturalist observation id
On a scheduled basis, OTM checks iNaturalist to see if the image has been identified with a species.
I started playing around with this idea, and I have some pieces working on the backend Django app. I would need to add test cases and clean up the UI component.
I assumed we could configure this as optional within the local_settings.py. You would need to create an iNaturalist project for this to work.
If this is a reasonable idea, I can create separate issues for the phone apps.
I have been volunteering with an organization that uses OTM, and we had a conversation that came up about connecting OTM to iNaturalist for species identification.
The workflow as I imagine it would be as follows:
I started playing around with this idea, and I have some pieces working on the backend Django app. I would need to add test cases and clean up the UI component.
I assumed we could configure this as optional within the local_settings.py. You would need to create an iNaturalist project for this to work.
If this is a reasonable idea, I can create separate issues for the phone apps.