Doğa Kaşifi

Doga Kasifi has developed by TEMA Foundation under Turan Demiraslan - Istanbul’s Biological Diversity Mobile Application Project. It is the first citizen science mobile application developed in Turkey. Citizen Science is a system that enables citizens to participate in scientific processes by exploring and enjoying the nature, regardless of their educational background.

Features:
Identify trees and shrubs by different features such as leaf, flower or fruit
Save the species you identified and create your own observation list
Visualise your observation history on the map
Discover more about each species and learn how to tell apart similar species from detailed species description texts and photographs
Get help from an expert about identifying the species confuses you
Explore Istanbul’s city parks and the species you can observe in these places from “Places”

Highlights:
A plant identification application that anyone who wants to start observing plants but has no background in botany can use with ease
Free and easy to use digital tool to store your nature observation records
You can contribute to scientific research, conservation, environmental advocacy and environmental education with your observation records as this project employs open data policy
Contribute to expanding the database by recording plants elsewhere than Istanbul