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One thing I've wanted to do, but is total impractical.. I want to put beacons on trees around the city that will provide information about the tree, for example

One thing I've wanted to do, but is total impractical.. I want to put beacons on trees around the city that will provide information about the tree, for example what type of tree it is, when it was planted, etc. Of course, I could just put little signs on them and it would be available to more people. But it sounds cool.

dogma1138 11y ago
There are many cities with tree plaques modern ones have qcode / nfc, some even have a text number so you can donate to "adopt" that tree.
- bigiain 11y ago
  Hah! another opportunity to use this link: http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com/ http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com/
stevesunderland 11y ago
this is a pretty cool startup idea, mate.
flgb 11y ago
Not quite what you are asking for but Melbourne has a digital strategy for their trees and is in the process of rolling out a sensor network also ... http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/Sustainability/UrbanForest/Pages/ExploreUrbanForest.aspx http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/Sustainability/UrbanForest/P...
RossP 11y ago
Every tree maintained by the City of Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) has "an email address" (in the mainstream press it's been "one email per tree"; in reality it's a single mailbox the CoM staffers respond to). Click a tree marker on the map near the top of the Melbourne Urban Forest website (http://melbourneurbanforestvisual.com.au/ http://melbourneurbanforestvisual.com.au/) and you can email your selected tree to find further information, etc. A bit more info is in this Broadsheet article: http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/entertainment/article/trees-return-your-emails http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/entertainment/article...
- bigiain 11y ago
  Nice - Sydney Uni have a similar thing with an iOS app: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/campus-flora/id918408102 https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/campus-flora/id918408102 I can't see anything there' but I _think_the app code is open source and they're encouraging reuse.
lvs 11y ago
Why not just a QR code? I've seen some institutions already QR code their campus trees for their own tracking purposes. Info about the tree does not change much over short timescales.

dogma1138 11y ago

There are many cities with tree plaques modern ones have qcode / nfc, some even have a text number so you can donate to "adopt" that tree.

bigiain 11y ago
Hah! another opportunity to use this link: http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com/ http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com/

stevesunderland 11y ago

this is a pretty cool startup idea, mate.

flgb 11y ago

Not quite what you are asking for but Melbourne has a digital strategy for their trees and is in the process of rolling out a sensor network also ... http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/Sustainability/UrbanForest/Pages/ExploreUrbanForest.aspx http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/Sustainability/UrbanForest/P...

RossP 11y ago

Every tree maintained by the City of Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) has "an email address" (in the mainstream press it's been "one email per tree"; in reality it's a single mailbox the CoM staffers respond to). Click a tree marker on the map near the top of the Melbourne Urban Forest website (http://melbourneurbanforestvisual.com.au/ http://melbourneurbanforestvisual.com.au/) and you can email your selected tree to find further information, etc. A bit more info is in this Broadsheet article: http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/entertainment/article/trees-return-your-emails http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/entertainment/article...

bigiain 11y ago
Nice - Sydney Uni have a similar thing with an iOS app: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/campus-flora/id918408102 https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/campus-flora/id918408102 I can't see anything there' but I _think_the app code is open source and they're encouraging reuse.

lvs 11y ago

Why not just a QR code? I've seen some institutions already QR code their campus trees for their own tracking purposes. Info about the tree does not change much over short timescales.