Tag: Nature
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Georgia Grasslands Initiative
Once Georgia was filled with beautiful and flourishing grasslands. They provided homes and habitats for so many different species that depended on them for survival. Now, due to invasive species and other harmful subjects, the once vast grasslands that had stretched across the entire top half of the state have been diminished to 13 small…
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Georgia River App
The goals of the Georgia River application is to keep safety in mind for users, while the application includes features that show users the ins and outs of river routes and trails. Users also have the option to report various hazards they see when partaking in river activities. These reports show up on a dynamic…
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LSSI Explorer
It’s an island like no other…one to soak in the daily rhythm and peaceful cadence of the environment. It’s an island to explore habitats and commune with nature. Little St. Simons Island, an 11,000-acre island managed by the Nature Conservency off the coast of Georgia, is a popular destination for birders. The LSSI Explorer app…
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Bear Hollow
We have been working to develop a cross platform app for our client, the Bear Hollow Zoo here in Athens, Georgia. They are home to only non-releasable native wildlife; all the animals in the zoo have either physical or mental handicaps which prevent them from ever returning to the wild. The zoo uses the animals…
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Tallassee Park
The Tallassee Park Project Team is developing a cross-platform mobile app in partnership with the Oconee River Land Trust for the up and coming Tallassee Park in Athens, GA. The land is currently a conservation easement, meaning the land trust is in charge of protecting the land from any development that may cause harm to…
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PlantDEX
PlantDEX is a streamlined mobile app that allows field researchers to quickly and easily catalog plant data. The app is meant to help GIS technicians, forestry workers, ecological researchers, and other professionals who frequently collect and analyze botanical data in the field. PlantDEX suits these professionals’ needs in three key ways: first, each entry is…
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Migrate
Migrate is the premier bird and animal watching iOS app that encourages users to get outdoors by providing them with a direction. Migrate gives users a variety of species to explore each week. This app was created for Dr. Richard Chandler of the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. He is an associate professor…
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PATCH
PATCH is a citizen science app designed to be a fun, interactive experience for bird-watchers to track and log the birds they spot. Users will have the ability to track their location in-app, identify birds they spot, create a gallery of photos they have taken of the birds they’ve seen, and be posted to a…
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PlantDEX
Georgia is home to around 1300 environmental scientists, many dedicated to the task of monitoring the state’s diverse wildlife. As the world continues to change at a rapid rate, it becomes imperative to create powerful new tools to measure these variations in nature. Gone are the days of physical field journals and notes. In their…
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AthensGaWeather- iOS
AthensGAWeather delivers daily weather forecasts to an audience of nearly 17,000 through the group’s Facebook page. In an effort to expand its audience AthensGAWeather partnered with the New Media Institute to create a mobile app offered on IOS. Users of the app will be provided with a 5-day forecast catered towards the Athens area provided…