Photographers contribute species, location, and date to a hand-maintained index of more than 2,000 plants. The site credits contributors and invites people to fill gaps. What a phone now tries to automate is still visible here as human work: find the flower, identify it, photograph it, and add it to the shared reference.
Original flower archive: http://www.british-wild-flowers.co.uk/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-british-wild-flowers-built-a-crowdsourced-photo-catalog-before-apps/
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Original flower archive: http://www.british-wild-flowers.co.uk/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-british-wild-flowers-built-a-crowdsourced-photo-catalog-before-apps/
#ancientweb #botany #citizenscience #photography
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Categories: Ancient Web & Internet History [c23]