Map of Life: A phone app that helps track wildlife
This story was first published by Al Jazeera English.
Walter Jetz has been working on the Map of Life app for four years. He's an expert in biodiversity, teaching at both Yale University in the US and Imperial College in the UK.
I caught up with him on a slightly overcast day on a picnic table in the leafy grounds of Silwood Park, Imperial College’s campus about 40km west of London, where he explained how the app works.
Touching the light blue icon with a three-branched tree opens the Map of Life, clicking on "What's Around Me", brings up a list including amphibians, butterflies, bees and 180 birds….
Read the full story by Jessica Baldwin on Al Jazeera English.
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August 14, 2015AUTHOR
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