Submitted November 24, 2009
Data Set(s) used: Primarily: "Street Tree Census" files for all 5 boroughs, for location, species info, etc. Secondarily: "Neighborhood Names GIS" for neighborhood names centroids.
Trees Near You (a.k.a. TreesNY) is an iPhone application that helps you learn about more than 500,000 trees that live on New York City sidewalks. For any area of the city, from block to borough, you can see the different species that live there, and calculate the environmental (and monetary!)... [read more]
Trees Near You (a.k.a. TreesNY) is an iPhone application that helps you learn about more than 500,000 trees that live on New York City sidewalks. For any area of the city, from block to borough, you can see the different species that live there, and calculate the environmental (and monetary!) benefits that these trees provide.
With Trees Near You, you can:
- See a map of trees near your current location (via GPS).
- Get a list of trees on any block in the city, including info on species, trunk size, and nearest building address.
- Use the map to visualize tree density across the city. Zoom from a street, to a neighborhood, to a whole borough.
- Calculate the environmental and monetary benefits generated by trees in any area of your choosing (big or small), including CO2 offset, money saved from energy savings, and storm water drainage prevention.
- Look-up additional species details on Wikipedia.
Please note: Trees Near You has just been approved on the iTunes App Store and is available free here:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=342080978&mt=8
Website http://www.treesnearyou.com/
Video of Application http://www.treesnearyou.com/TreesNearYouScreencast.mov
