Spread the word! Creek Watch is an iPhone application that enables users to monitor the special case of your local watershed - area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place.
This application allows you to report the situation of the creek in your community. Just as Kevin Winterfield, from starterplanet.com, blogged:
"With IBM’s Creek Watch iPhone app, members of the community can easily become ‘citizen scientists,’ and in 4 easy steps, make a difference: snap a photo, and select the water level, the water flow and the amount of trash nearby. The app provides three easy buttons to choose from as indicators, and even gives you explanations of each."
The data submitted by these "citizen scientists" helps environmental groups and agencies manage water resources and plan environmentally friendly programs that might help solve the problems. Another benefit would be raising awareness of the issue among locals.
This is when we say: TECH is AWESOME! If you have an iPhone try it out, and let us know about your own experience
TH!NK ABOUT IT!
(Andrea Arzaba, February 2011)
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Sources:
asmarterplanet.com
water.epa.gov
creekwatch.researchlabs.ibm.com/
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Andrea, that’s amazing! I’m not an expert in the IPhone appl, but that seem amazing! Great!
How does it work in terms of maps - is it Google maps based? Really good idea, btw…
I believe it is! Do you have an iPhone so you could try it out? :)
Just checked it now - yes, it’s based on Google maps.
Great! Any review you’d like to give us? :D
Is this only available in the US?, cause if it is , it shouldnt, people ( globally) need to start using their social networks for more than communicate their thoughts, and even more to communicate the things that we can do for our own world.
thumbs up for this!
It works in the UK too, but after testing it I cannot really see many reports here…
Syl
Oh, very nice…
It is indeed a great application. The only negative thing is that is only an Iphone app, there should be something similiar but on the Internet (a web page in which people could upload the pictures and do the same process, for those of us who do not own an Iphone).
Also, there is something that apparently wasn’t taken into account; the fact that most of the problems involving water are located in forgotten communities and places where I’m sure most of the Iphone owners wouldn’t go to.