Comments for What's Invasive! http://whatsinvasive.com/blog Project News and Events Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Updates to the What’s Invasive! website by Eric Graham http://whatsinvasive.com/blog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-7 Eric Graham Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:16:34 +0000 http://whatsinvasive.com/blog/?p=4#comment-7 Hello Catherine, We are working to make sure that the site is compatible across all browsers (this is harder than it looks!). We have updated the pages now such that basic functionality is restored. We are also working on getting regular old "normal" phone support up and running as soon as possible. Thanks for your comments and we hope that everything is up and running soon so you can submit observations. E. Hello Catherine,

We are working to make sure that the site is compatible across all browsers (this is harder than it looks!). We have updated the pages now such that basic functionality is restored.

We are also working on getting regular old “normal” phone support up and running as soon as possible.

Thanks for your comments and we hope that everything is up and running soon so you can submit observations.

E.

]]> Comment on Updates to the What’s Invasive! website by Catherine http://whatsinvasive.com/blog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-5 Catherine Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:16:10 +0000 http://whatsinvasive.com/blog/?p=4#comment-5 Hi there I do not have a fany phone, so I am looking at the website from a good old desktop. Unfortunately, the drop-down menus are not working properly. I find your project fascinating and innovative, and I would love to have access to the date online! Hi there
I do not have a fany phone, so I am looking at the website from a good old desktop. Unfortunately, the drop-down menus are not working properly.
I find your project fascinating and innovative, and I would love to have access to the date online!

]]> Comment on Updates to the What’s Invasive! website by Eric Graham http://whatsinvasive.com/blog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-4 Eric Graham Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:56:49 +0000 http://whatsinvasive.com/blog/?p=4#comment-4 Hello Matt, Thanks for trying out the system and I look forward to communicating with you about this via email. We have been talking with the EDDMaps people who have a "master list" of plants that are considered invasive in North America and this is indeed where we are going with this. We are exploring a way to gather plant information and photos automatically from the PLANTS database from the USGS and so this might even easier to build a plant list. We appreciate your thoughts and comments on this -- thanks for taking time out to make this suggestion! E. Hello Matt,

Thanks for trying out the system and I look forward to communicating with you about this via email.

We have been talking with the EDDMaps people who have a “master list” of plants that are considered invasive in North America and this is indeed where we are going with this. We are exploring a way to gather plant information and photos automatically from the PLANTS database from the USGS and so this might even easier to build a plant list.

We appreciate your thoughts and comments on this — thanks for taking time out to make this suggestion!

E.

]]> Comment on Updates to the What’s Invasive! website by Matt http://whatsinvasive.com/blog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-3 Matt Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:30:19 +0000 http://whatsinvasive.com/blog/?p=4#comment-3 Just downloaded the Android app and this looks like a great tool. I have a question though concerning the submittal of plant names and images for a new park. If myself as a user, submits a plant species and image, can then another user also submit the same plant species name and different images for a park? For a database standpoint, I can understand how that works for each specific site, but what if you trying to gather info across multiple site? It seems like a new user should choose from a "master list" of invasive plants that way PlantA in ParkX is the same PlantA in ParkY. If the plant species is not on the "master list" then they could add it along with photos for your review and approval, similar to what you do now for new parks. Either way, I'll be testing this out for natural areas owned by Palm Beach County, FL, http://www.pbcgov.com/erm/natural/natural-areas/index2.htm (this is a draft website). Just downloaded the Android app and this looks like a great tool. I have a question though concerning the submittal of plant names and images for a new park. If myself as a user, submits a plant species and image, can then another user also submit the same plant species name and different images for a park? For a database standpoint, I can understand how that works for each specific site, but what if you trying to gather info across multiple site? It seems like a new user should choose from a “master list” of invasive plants that way PlantA in ParkX is the same PlantA in ParkY.

If the plant species is not on the “master list” then they could add it along with photos for your review and approval, similar to what you do now for new parks.

Either way, I’ll be testing this out for natural areas owned by Palm Beach County, FL, http://www.pbcgov.com/erm/natural/natural-areas/index2.htm (this is a draft website).

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