Are looking for an expert to do all parts in my computer science project for you and be able to do any task that is belong to the part in the project during the semester.

Are looking for an expert to do all parts in my computer science project for you and be able to do any task that is belong to the part in the project during the semester.

TRU Tree App

Planning Session

September 13, 2017

1. Smartphone Operating Systems

The app should run on both Android and Apple devices to broaden the audience.

2. Tree Apps
3. Vancouver Trees Appis perhaps the most comprehensive,produced by Doug Justice at the UBC Botanical Gardens. http://botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/learn/vancouver-trees-app/

Currently available for Apple devices, Android version is in the works.

1. Virginia Tech Tree ID App is available for Android and Apple devices

http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/main.htm

1. My Tree App is available for Android and Apple devices

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.gc.nrcan.mytree&hl=en

1. Tree Id – British Trees Appis available for Android and Apple devices

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/identify-trees-with-our-tree-id-app/

3. Target Audience

The target audience includes people from many ethnic backgrounds, with a broad spectrum of horticultural knowledge.The length of their visit to campus and Kamloops varies widely, from hours, to days,weeks or months.

1. Visitors: International > National > Provincial > Local

1. General interest to professionals:> gardeners > master gardeners >biologists, botanists, dendrologists and arborists.

1. TRU Staff and Students> Dendrology, Horticulture and Biology Students

4. General Layout and Components…

Extracts from the TreeWorks database: > TRU Trees by Genus/ID # : ID# (see key), Location, Species, Cultivar/Variety, Common Name, Family, Hybrid

1. Search:“Find a Tree” … by Scientific Name or Common Name(s)

Note that some trees may have more than one widely used common name.

1. Identify a Standing Tree

Alternate to doing a “Search” a person could be standing in front of a tree and ask the App “What is the tree I am standing in front of?”

1. The first page of a given tree will have a habit image, Scientific and Common Name(s) and the Family to which it belongs.

1. Images of distinguishing features, usually three or four, with a brief description … could include:
2. Silhouette
3. Leaves

• Buds & Twigs

1. Bark
2. Flower
3. Fruit

• Cone

1. Hardiness Zone and culture

Practical comments on the culture of the tree in question.

1. Locations on Campus

Each tree to be identified by an ID Number and Location (Abbreviated, see key).

See Excel spreadsheets, TRU Campus Trees by Scientific Name and Location.

You could ask the App for all the locations of a genus, or a species / cultivar/variety

1. Link to Missouri Botanical Garden “Plant Finder” for each tree

This will provide the viewer with detailed information on each species.

5. Other items for consideration

1. Should we provide a link to the Kamloops City Trees?

1. At what stage should we explore partnership with the City of Kamloops in building a “Kamloops Tree App”? It should be noted that the City utilized the TreeWorks program to inventory the 16,000 trees that it is responsible for.

1. Copyright

1. Possible costs?
2. IT – storage and ongoing maintenance

1. Updating the TreeWorks database – TRU Facilities

iii. Updating the App

1. Possible Revenue
2. Sponsorship? For example, a Garden Centre such as Art Knapps.

1. Cost for use of the App

iii. Donation Button