Wattle Watch

Team Name

Wattle We Do

Team Members

Project Description

Wattle Watch is an interactive gamified app that encourages people to go outside, explore the wilderness, document their discoveries and interact with other locals about their favourite landmarks. A real-time augmented reality user interface provides users with information about the flora and fauna they encounter. It recognises and augments the image with animals you would expect to see. Users can enter real time challenges where collaboration is encouraged, to gain points and climb their local leaderboards! The app also provides features to leave a digital note on a significant tree for other users to find.

https://github.com/wattlewedo/govhack?tab=readme-ov-file#wattle-watch

Analysis (pdf)

Design

Data Story

We used the shorebird datasets to view changes in roosting areas over the recorded time period. It was found that the resolution of the areas increased substantially over the period. We think this indicates that extra monitoring has improved our understanding of these sites. This is evidence that with monitoring, including crowd sourced and community collected data, comes increased understanding.

We used the koala sighting data to see if we could find evidence of severe threats to koalas. In contrast, we found that sightings have increased but quite a large number of koalas have not been observed in the latest sighting data. There isn't enough information to distinguish between observation activity versus birth/death rates or migration rates. The idea is that a website containing this type of information will enhance the experience for users.

We used the significant tree data to present a map of sites that people might visit. The idea is that other datasets could be layered into the application for people continue to observe the trees and other items discovered by the community.