Exhibition on the PLANTTES App

Exhibition on the PLANTTES App

Date: October

Venue: Biblioteca de Ciencia y Tecnología (Edificio C. Campus UAB. Bellaterra)

  

In October the Library of Science and Technology hosts the exhibition on the app PLANTTES of the Aerobiological Information Point of the ICTA-UAB created in the framework of a citizen science project that wants to map the plants that cause allergy to citizens in cities.

The aim of the application is to get people involved in helping to create a map of possible allergy-causing plants in different cities and towns. It is now available in GooglePlay for Android.

Planttes shows users images of some of the most important allergy-causing plants, and offers information on what their flowers and fruits look like. The system permits users to signal their location on a map (geolocation), show the plant they are looking at and whether it is without flower, forming flowers, indicating whether they are closed or opened, or if it is already producing fruits.

This information can be viewed by other users and can help them decide on the best route to take in order to avoid coming close to those plants which cause them allergies. The information is dynamic and changes from day to day, exactly as plants do.

The creators hope the initiative will be of interest to the public in general and would also like to see it become a work tool in schools, civic centres and other entities so that everyone can collaborate and promote its use. With the collaboration of so many people, the information gathered on the existence and state of allergenic plants surrounding us will be in real time.