Functional prototype · Evidence confidence: High

Scotland Field Companion

A camera-based Scottish field companion that identifies species, stores history and enriches results with seasonal and encyclopedia data.

AI species identifierField guide
Open published URL Repository evidence
Project IDPG-041
Repositoryscotland-botanist-buddy
StageFunctional prototype
ConfidenceHigh
Also known as
Scotia Flora GuideScotland Botanist Buddy

01 · Purpose

The problem

People outdoors want fast identification plus useful local/seasonal context.

02 · Experience

How it works

A user photographs a specimen, the app downsizes the image, sends it through a server identification function, displays a structured result and saves recent identifications locally.

Users
  • Walkers
  • Foragers
  • Nature learners
Technology identified
  • React 19
  • TanStack Start
  • Image processing
  • AI server function
  • LocalStorage

03 · Functional evidence

What actually exists

Verified working / present6
  • Image upload/camera flow
  • Server identification function
  • Local history
  • Encyclopedia data
  • Season data
  • Search
Partially verified1
  • Identification accuracy depends on AI and reference data
Designed / planned1
  • Expanded field catalogue
Unknown / requires verification1
  • Model/provider configuration

04 · Development

What remains

Finish / verify
  • Identification accuracy depends on AI and reference data
Planned
  • Expanded field catalogue
Resolve unknowns
  • Model/provider configuration

05 · Commercial

Business model

No verified model.

06 · Intellectual property

IP position

Original field workflow.

This archive records what the available project evidence says. It does not infer legal registration, patent grant, trademark ownership or regulatory status where that has not been verified.

07 · Assessment

Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Practical outdoors UX

Limitations / risks

  • Misidentification risk; not suitable for safety-critical foraging decisions

08 · Evidence

What this record is grounded in

  • GitHub repository: simonmowatt1-sudo/scotland-botanist-buddy
  • Repository README / project brief where available
  • Implemented home route where available
  • Published Lovable URL recorded from repository metadata

A published URL means the project metadata records a deployment address. It is not represented as runtime-tested unless a separate verification pass confirms that deployment.

09 · Genealogy

Connections

thematic relative

Scots Watch

Checklist/reference field journal alongside AI-assisted image identification.

AINatureScotlandEducation

Archive principle

Unknowns stay unknown until evidence changes them.
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