Project Noah is an online community dedicated to explore and document wildlife across the globe. "Noah" is an acronym for "networked organisms and habitats".
This community formerly had an
iPhone app in iTunes and an
Android app in
Google Play
Google Play, also known as the Google Play Store and formerly the Android Market, is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google. It serves as the official app store for certified devices running on the Android operating sy ...
, but is now web only. Project Noah aims to become a common mobile platform for documenting the world's organisms. Beyond documentation, the iPhone app offers users an opportunity to participate in ongoing
citizen science research projects by tagging contributions into specific field missions and can be used as a location-based
field guide as well. All contributors are connected with an online community.
The project's co-founder, Yasser Ansari, believes that "not only is there an educational need and an environmental need but a deep, deep human need for all of us to reconnect with our planet." Project Noah has won several awards. Currently, Project Noah has contributors from over 55 countries participating in a variety of missions ranging from documenting the impact of the Gulf Coast
oil spill to sharing ladybug and squirrel sightings for ongoing research at major universities. They're a project of condor.org.
The project has featured by several news sources including
CNN
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, Brian Lehrer TV,
New York Times
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,
Slate,
Gizmodo,
US News
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,
Make Magazine,
TreeHugger
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and was included in Time Magazine's 200 ...
, Council for the Internet of Things, IBM's Smarter Planet and GOOD.
References
External links
http://projectnoah.orghttp://networkedorganisms.comhttps://twitter.com/projectnoah
{{See also, INaturalist, iSpot
Wild animals identification
IOS software
Social information processing
Android (operating system) software