Monday, May 9, 2011

LeafSnap Identifies Tree Leaves With Your IPhone

The outdoorsy variety should admire this new app. LeafSnap for iPhone identifies any root by picking it, fixation it on white paper, and tear a print of it. The app creates use of its library to establish what tree root the user is holding.

LeafSnap is a product of conspiring between University of Columbia, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institute. So far, it can usually pick out trees that are local to Northeastern United States, but they are working on expanding that database.

It moreover features a immeasurable library of fruits and seeds related with its tree data, together with a fun diversion of labeling that root goes with that tree.

The LeafSnap comes giveaway to download is to iPhone , with the Android and iPad versions forthcoming soon.

Source: Hacker News

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