Update #15

[Matthew]

Kicking it off with our latest Kickstarter blog update!

Update #15: Lots of New Developments
Posted 5 days ago

What a crazy few weeks it's been...

First and foremost, we want to report on our incredible trip back to
Detroit to introduce our work on Wildflowers of Detroit, and thank the
backers that made it out to the seed exchange to see the software in
action. The entire effort was big success - we piped in wi-fi and got
some first time users walking around in the alley, geotagging the
first plants of spring in the city. It was great to meet everyone who
came!

For those that didn't make to the launch, we'd like to remind you that
you can now see our interactive map live at http://www.wildflowersofdetroit.org.
While in Detroit, we did an early spring tour of some interesting
areas in the city (Rouge River, Palmer Park). What we found were
mostly buds and mosses, so we hope to see more images of these same
locations as spring comes into bloom.

We also ran into a problem - Apple's release of iOS 5.1 and sluggish
movement on allowing our app into the App Store made it impossible to
install our software for some of the people that made it out to the
seed exchange. We've since patched the problem, and fixed small
bugs, so you can now download the app in the Apple store!

You'll notice that the website map shows some suggested timeline areas
- geographical subdivisions that we think will inform how we see
development and change in Detroit's urban ecology. We have some
important plans for these timeline areas (for instance updating them
to more correctly represent watersheds) so stay tuned as they
develop.

Also, we're just about ready to start receiving backdated images - so
if you have images of plants within the city limits, and you can
confidently place their locations on a map (or better if you used a
GPS enabled camera they may already be geocoded) please get in touch
with us via email at admin @ wildflowersofdetroit.org!

If you are among those who are waiting for the android application,
that suspense is almost at its resolution. In a couple of days the app
will be available for download and we will update this blog with
details on how to get it.

We were also really excited to see Wildflowers of Detroit make it into
the Huffington Post!

We hope everyone is enjoying their spring (now get out there and tag
some plants!)

-Matt and Gwen