I recently found the apps plantsnap, alltrails, and fishbrain. I would like to make an offline innawoods device that combines these three things (plant photo identifier, hiking trail +gps, and fishing map). The fishing map doesnt need to be nearly as advanced as the one fishbrain uses, and is more of a optional bit. Ideally it would have rechargeable batteries and have a small solar panel.
Innawoods Device
Tyler Scott
Lucas Nguyen
So?
Zachary Murphy
duly noted
Oliver Foster
This is OP
Im wondering how realistic this idea is, and whether its worth putting time into. I plan on going innawoods a lot after I move to the PNW.
Jaxson Myers
Always worth the try, do release it when you are done
John Adams
What would be a good base device for it? (Adruino, pi, etc) I have a lot to learn and need some suggestions. Also, what language should I use to code? I'm thinking Linux, but I want to make sure before I commit to it. I plan to add a touch screen, so it needs to be compatible with that.
Xavier Reed
Christ Almighty, the cringe level of this post, honestly OP you're better off hiring someone on upwork or elancer.com.
The fact that you dont know the difference between a programming language and a OS/Kernel (inb4 stallman fags) makes me feel it would take you at least a year before you're able to make something of the magnitude you're thinking of.
Connor Morris
Having it reliably recognise plants might be a tall order, especially if it's about edibility, Also many solar solutions for phones require a batterypack.
Blake Torres
I'm fine with it taking time. This project would serve two purposes: having a device like the one I described for myself and for others, and building skills. Im in an IT class at my high school and we've really only covered hardware, so my bad for not knowing much about the software side of things ig. I want to learn, and get experience, not just hire someone to do it. Now, do you have any *useful* suggestions.
Noah Parker
I planned on adding rechargeable batteries, and I'm likely going to limit the plants to the PNW. Plantsnap has roughly 92% reliability which is a very good start. I assume I would just need to have the storage for the plant database, a decent camera, and a program to cycle through the pictures on the storage device and match the closest one to the photo being taken.