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...APPLICATIONS
I.D.A.O.
has been used in various fields as shown in the applications listed below:
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Open Source Simple
Computer for Agriculture in Rural Areas (OSCAR)
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The OSCAR web application,
designed as a decision support system to identify and suggest control
measures for some of the most common weed species of the Indo-Gangetic
Plains. The application is developed using foss tools such as MySQL for
database, SVG for vector graphics and PHP as the scripting language.
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Biodiversity
Informatics and Co-Operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge
base (BIOTIK)
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The project aims at creating a
first network of South Asian and European partners interested in sharing
their knowledge in applied computer science for taxonomy and in the
preparation of two CD-ROMs for identifying trees species in two “hotspots”
of biodiversity: the rain forests in the Western Ghats of India and in the
northern Annamite Mountain range of Lao PDR. It will provide a major
capacity-building tool for young researchers and trainees, and serve as a
major aid for the conservation of biodiversity in these two hotspots of
biodiversity.
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Open Source for Weed
Assessment in Lowland Paddy Fields (OSWALD)
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The project envisages the
initiation and sustenance of cooperation between the South East Asian and
the European agronomist communities. Indeed, it brings together and
assimilates into a knowledge base the kind of information, which will be of
significant use to the farming community. Such an approach of a
decision-making tool made available in rural areas and accessing a
centralized database through the Internet can be extended to other
agriculture-related needs like pest management, and in a more general sense,
to give access to ecological, meteorological, agronomic and economic
information (market prices, monsoon forecast, cost of inputs, etc.) that may
help farmers to better plan their activities.
Moreover, it provides a special impetus to major capacity-building efforts
for young agronomists, applied botanists and extension workers. The
knowledge base is designed and developed in such way to enable capacity
building by taking into account the non-expert background of the intended
audience and local language question.
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Open (Re)source for
Commerce in Horticulture aided by species Identification Systems (ORCHIS)
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The project aims to enhance the export capabilities of
Lao PDR in the valuable flora of the country by promoting best practices in
trade aided by open source based IT&C tools furthering the integration of
Lao PDR in information society. The project also aims at reinforcing
institutional capabilities of Lao PDR to better adhere to international
commitments made in conventions like CITES by preventing illegal trade of
red-listed orchid species. To reach these goals extensive field work is
being carried out to collect all necessary data to be integrated in the IDAO
knowledge base which will identify orchids of Laos. It is an on going
project and the final product of the identification software of orchids will
be launched in form of CD Rom and Open Source version at the end of 2008.
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Mangroves v1.0. A multimedia identification
system of mangroves species of South-East India and Sri Lanka
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Mangroves is a graphical identification system of plant species, the
only tool of its kind available on South-Asian Mangroves at present. The
system, entirely graphic, enables non-specialists to make determinations
with the help of just a small number of characters, chosen according to
their availability for the particular plant to be identified. It meets the
needs of amateur botanists, agronomists, forest officers and nature lovers
with a keen sense of observation. The use of frequently observable
vegetative characters has been favored, as well as an extensive illustration
of species.
The major part of the work presented in the form of CD-ROM was carried out
in the framework of the European Commission funded project entitled
“Assessment of mangroves degradation and resilience in the Indian
subcontinent: The cases of Godavari Estuary and southwest Sri Lanka”.
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Pollen grains of South Indian trees V.1.0 -
A user-friendly multimedia identification software
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An electronic pollen flora including digital and scanning electron
micrographs and descriptions distinguishes itself by the graphic
identification system of pollen without the plethora of terms; it enables
many levels of users (in South India as well as in the tropics, subtropics
and sub-temperate regions in India, Asia and other continents) to learn
palynology by the "click of the mouse". The descriptive part furnishes
palynological terms linked to the illustrated definitions and the
bibliographic link for quick reference. Pollen Typification; and
Taxonomical, Ecological and Distributional notes for the selected 147 genera
(Mangroves: 11, Western Ghats: 129 and others: 7) are also given. A
microtaxonomic, research tool, adapted from IDAO will aid "users" interested
in climate related past vegetational changes.
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A multimedia
identification software of the forests of Tan Phu
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Tan Phu Trees, is a graphical
identification system of the tree species of Tan Phu forest - Dong Nai
Province - Vietnam
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Trees of Sahel
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"Ligneux du Sahel
V.1.0" is a
taxonomic identification tool of tree species in West African Area. This
work presents 347 ligneous species. The identification tool has been
realized based on vegetative and sexual characters. The species are
illustrated by 1 600 photos. Numerous distribution maps have also been
included.
- Adventrop
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Adventrop Doc est un système
multimédia permettant la reconnaissance des adventices d'Afrique
soudano-sahélienne. Il fait le point des connaissances sur 142 espèces
rencontrées dans les cultures annuelles de la rotation cotonnière (cotonnier,
maïs, sorgho, arachide). L'identification est effectuée de manière graphique,
par la constitution d'un portrait-robot à partir de n'importe quelle partie
de la plante. Les espèces sont triées en fonction de leur probabilité de
vraisemblance. A tout moment, il est possible d'accéder aux photographies et
aux planches botaniques. Des descriptions et des informations sur le
comportement des espèces dans les systèmes de culture (biologie, écologie,
cycle de développement) sont également fournies. Tous les termes techniques
sont définis dans un glossaire accessible par hyper-texte. Sa facilité
d'utilisation le rend particulièrement adapté à la formation et à un public
non spécialisé en botanique ou non averti en informatique.
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Advenrun
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"Advenrun V.1.0 -
Principales mauvaises herbes de la Réunion" is an identification and
information software of hundred weeds of the Reunion island.
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