Permaculture Database

[Matthew Shultz <deepwinter@winterroot.net>]

Greetings,

Obviously this list isn't terribly happening these days, but there were some 
good discussions and it's still on my list as one way to contact some folks 
of shared interests.  I'd like to let you all know about another project that 
we are currently kickstarting called 'Wildflowers of Detroit.'   The general 
gist is to create an open source suite of mobile software for indexing 
wildflowers (or any type of geographical data) on an interactive map and 
searchable database.  For this project, we are mainly applying it to Detroit, 
a place we lived for many many years and in fact a location where taking a 
different look at what's going on in the city could have a profound affect.  
Most people see the decaying building, but actually in the wake of industrial 
collapse an incredible amount of wild plants, and indeed wildlife, have taken 
up residence.  You can read more about the project here: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/winterroot/wildflowers-of-detroit?ref=recommended.
  In terms of permaculture, the whole reason for planning this as an open 
source project is to make it easy to repurpose - so any project requiring 
geotagging and data logging using mobile devices (smartphone, cellphone) 
could benefit from this project.  Of course we'd love to fine more backers 
for the project, so if you can recommend other resources (lists or forums) 
where I should be posting this link, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Very Best,
Matthew Shultz
http://www.winterroot.net