Technology and nature can go perfectly hand in hand to provide extra information when we make those field trips and we want to be able to corroborate certain doubts that may arise when we want to know what kind of plants we have in front of us, with the ease that can be made by taking a screenshot with the smartphone to immediately find out the name.
At this time of vacation, in which we have the possibility of going out to the mountains or the countryside, we have several applications on Android that are focused on nature with all the variety that this same means by being able to use one to take a snapshot of a plant, or even learn more about bears with an application that will lead you to discover this species of great value in some areas of the north, such as in the Cantabrian Mountains.
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One of the most surprising apps of recent times by allowing the using your smartphone's camera to know in situ what kind of plant you have in front of you. An app for the collection, annotation and recovery of images that has been developed by a consortium made up of scientists from CIRAD, INRA, INRIA, IRD and the Tela Botánica network.
This app works best when we center the photo on a specific part of the plant and the background is uniform, so that the plant recognition algorithm does a better job. The application can be accessed from the web from this link.
Green Globe
Sustainability is becoming a standard in order to achieve have a cleaner world. Apps like Green Globe help users to be able to travel to tourist places where sustainability is the central axis for the presentation of a whole class of services.
And it is that thanks to Green Globe you will be able to find hotels, restaurants, ecological routes and much more to have a completely sustainable vacation with the environment. Even though the app is in English, it does a great job of providing accurate information on some interesting and eco-friendly destinations.
Botany
The organic gardens They have been playing a leading role in recent years and many prefer to purchase well-cared for consumer products to reach the table in a 100% natural state. We have the option of buying these organic products, but also of creating our own garden with the help of Botany, an app that will offer you important tips to help you grow your own tomatoes, potatoes or other types of vegetables.
Offer psychological therapy to employees a lot of information about seeds, nutrition, fruits and other types of information that can come in handy to know how to bring the same organic garden to fruition.
Fly
La Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente Foundation and the county council of valencia is the one that promotes the project EnArbolar: Grandes Arboles para la Vida. The objective is to protect biodiversity and promote the promotion of sustainable activities, products and services linked to the territory, and therefore, help the conservation of the unique trees and mature forests of the Natura 2000 Network.
The Natura 2000 Network is the Spanish Protected Natural Spaces Network and their territories of influence, so with this application you can find an extensive catalog with unique trees and those forests that give greater meaning to the Spanish territory. One of the most interesting apps on the list.
Bear's land
Asturias is one of the last shelters for this great mammal in the Peninsula and this app is used to offer all the secrets of the species and the keys to its conservation. The app proposes ecotourism activities to get to know Asturias and thus learn the secrets of this Land of Bears.
This may lead you to car tours to find viewpoints towards the landscapes inhabited by bears, and self-guided trails to explore their habitat and discover their secrets and those of other species in which they coexist in that wonderful environment that is Asturias.
