iNaturalist

The official iNaturalist utility for Android smartphones from the U.S. National Geographic Society and the California Academy of Sciences is designed to popularize the study and protection of nature. The application allows you to get detailed information about flora and fauna.

Observations

The utility provides an opportunity to create your own notes about the natural environment. The user can record his observations, supplementing them with photos and audio recordings. The application supports instant recording of events, as well as downloading files from the memory of the smartphone. You can see the most probable definition of the species, read the description of the object and find similar variants. Observations can be accompanied by texts. The application automatically sets the location of the object using geolocation. The utility works on the same principle as the Shazam program. It can identify plants, mushrooms, birds, insects, spiders, mammals, reptiles, mollusks, fish and amphibians by photo. The identification is done with the participation of over 400,000 naturalists and scientists from around the globe.

Research

The iNaturalist program allows you to view the observations of other users, including experts. You can browse by species and search by the name of a representative of flora or fauna. The application provides an opportunity to participate in naturalist projects. You can view objects that occur in your region. The utility will provide the user with brief background information and inform about the last places where they were recorded.

Main features

• The application is designed to determine the name of a plant or animal from a photo;
• multilingual interface is available;
• fast registration by social network accounts is supported;
• GPS location detection is provided;
• the utility can be downloaded and used free of charge;
• the user can learn interesting facts about nature;
• the program is compatible with working versions of Android OS.