Gaia Guide Mobile 1.0
Device: iOS Universal
Category: Reference
Price: Free, Version: 1.0 (iTunes)
Description:Gaia Guide (http://www.gaiaguide.info/) is an online field guide. Anyone can register and contribute to Gaia Guide's species identification data.When you are heading into the wilderness, Gaia Guide Mobile is THE way to take the Gaia Guide with you.App. highlights include:* Quick-find search facility* Capture and upload of sightings to your sighting list on Gaia Guide.* Integration with device camera and photo gallery* Only download the Gaia Guide data that you want* Combine data from multiple field guides* Don't wait for data updates. Ensure you have the latest data from the server before you travelWith over 2500 species descriptions that include images, Gaia Guide now provides good coverage for:* Australian birds* Lizard Island marine Life* Heron and Lady Elliott Island birds and fishes* Central Australia birds, mammals and reptiles * Sydney Harbour Fishes* Atherton Tablelands birds, mammals and reptilesMany more locations and species will be available soon!DETAILS:To use Gaia Guide Mobile, first register with the Gaia Guide website. Then use the website to select the field guides you want. Next download them to your mobile device with a single button. With the data on you device, you are ready to to explore the great outdoors, with or without an internet connection.Search among the species that you downloaded, make identifications, add photographs, location and time details and other notes about your sightings, ready for automated upload to the Gaia Guide website upon your return to civilisation.Your sighting data will be available on the Gaia Guide website for you and other users to benefit from.Travelling to a new destination? Simply log into the Gaia Guide website, select a different set of field guides and download them. You are all set to go again.Best of all, when you discover something new and special about a species, you can log into the Gaia Guide website when you get home and share your insights with future users.To keep user costs to a minimum, Gaia Guide charges a small amount per MB of data downloaded to mobile devices from the servers. New registrants on the Gaia Guide website get a 250MB data download allowance for free: more than sufficient to try a variety of complete field guides.For downloads beyond the initial 250 MB, an in-app fee is payable for additional download allowances. An additional 1000 MB of downloads costs less than $2 (Australian). A typical data download will consume less than 100MB of your download allowance.By charging for bandwidth usage we can ensure that costs are minimised for infrequent users while heavy users are not constrained and our services are not compromised.Best of all, if you are or you become a major content contributor to the website, your download costs will be waived. Make the Gaia Guide better for everyone and you will be making it much better for yourself.Finally, if you find and report a problem with Gaia Guide Mobile, you will also be thanked with a one-off 1000 MB increase in your download allowance.
Gaia Guide Mobile