Community apps
As part of our community outreach initiative, we author and publish web and mobile apps for various utility functions on the field. There are no costs associated with using these apps, and we encourage people to use them freely. We aim to keep improving both feature and functionality of these apps as well as adding region and area specific information to improve our data sets in order to make these apps more useful to our community.
For any questions, suggestions or support, especially to incorporate region specific data sets, please feel free to contact us.
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Launch
Map and GPS based geofence polygon recorder
This mobile first app lets you capture a polygon boundary around any area by either marking successive points while physically being present at the actual location or by marking the various points on a map displayed on the mobile/tablet/laptop screen. One can then save and download these geo polygons for later use in various projects. The app was built to support the tribal farmers to mark out lantana infestation around their farms adjoining the forests of Jharkhand!
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Launch
Planting planner
While currently focussed on southern India, this app is a companion plant planning app. One can select a month and it prompts for a set of vegetables that can grow at that time in that region, and along with that gives a list of beneficial companion plants which can enhance the growth of the main crop as well as act as insect and pest repellents for the main crop.
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Launch
Native 'weed' diagnostic and soil health indicator
Click/Upload a picture of a 'weed' (i.e. a plant growing natively) at your location, query an authoritative database like PlantNet and get a reading on the soil health and conditions at this point. Indicates the current soil pH, compaction level, Nitrogen and moisture level. It then recommends beneficial crops that may help improve the soil condition at this place.