Satish her blog is at http://allthingsplants.com/blogs/view/greene/
usha di On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > yep > > what she is writing about how she found garg .... > is how i had fond Gargji's pictures > and they kept showing up whenever i was looking for any plant indian or > kolkatan origin ...well more often than not > > tha's how i discovered indiatreepix... > > usha di > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 1:27 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear members, >> *This is one of the ways to move forward in future. * >> *May be some takes up such a task so that we are able to succeed in our >> dreams of documentation of all plant species of India.* >> >> Reproducing from blog link >> <http://allthingsplants.com/blogs/view/greene/> by Carmelita (one of our >> members): >> >> >> >> >> *One good way to earn lots of acorns...and thumbs!**Posted on Dec 18, >> 2015 12:06 AM* >> >> For a while I have wondered how we can get more images into our database. >> Some plants have long lists of plant names with zero photos. Hmmm? >> >> Late at night if I can't sleep I wander through the database pages and >> pick random listings, then look on Google Images to see what the plant >> looks like. Once I decide which images are the best examples for our >> database, I copy the photographer's name and start researching the >> photographer. Chances are he or she will be a botanist, naturalist, plant >> collector, professional gardener or some such thing. One good place to view >> images for the more obscure plant images is on Wikimedia...that was not a >> typo. Nope, I did not mean to type Wikipedia; what you want to look at is >> Wikimedia Commons which is a free repository...well, here is a link and you >> can read about it. >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page >> >> Okay, so let's walk through this: >> Look in the ATP database to find a plant that has no images. >> For example: I looked at Pergularia daemia. >> Then I looked at Google Images. >> (Please remember that Google Images shows lots of irrelevant images along >> with some correct ones.) >> Then I looked for Pergularia daemia at Wikimedia Commons found this page >> with an image by J M Garg of India. >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pergularia_daemia_W_... >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pergularia_daemia_W_IMG_4208.jpg> >> Okay, who is J M Garg? >> Oh, he's a naturalist and an amateur photographer. And he's an important >> and active guy. >> He has a Wiki page: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> >> And a Flicker page: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmgarg/ >> >> I researched more using "J M Garg" and "Pergularia daemia" as key words >> and found my way to a site called efloraofindia...(formerly indiantreepix). >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home >> They have a very active group on Google Groups and are documenting the >> flora of India. After reading about 1,000 posts I got bold and asked if I >> could join the group. Sure, the group is comprised of mostly highly >> educated botanists, students, naturalists, and the like but anyone can >> request to become a member of the group. >> Oh, what the heck. I applied for membership; what can they say but yes or >> no. >> Surprise, surprise. I was accepted!!! >> >> After being a member of the Google Group for a while (and helping to >> identify a few plants) I felt comfortable sending Mr J M Garg an email to >> explain about our ATP database and how nice it would be if our members >> could see his images in our database. >> Mr Garg gave me permission to use his personal images. >> In fact, he gives *everyone* permission: >> >> "The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per >> Creative Commons license attached with each image." >> >> >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg >> Thanks to J M Garg we now we have images of the Pergularia daemia in our >> ATP database! >> ................................................................. >> >> And that was just the beginning of my self-assigned task. >> Whenever I have free time, late at night or when it's raining, I keep >> busy adding images to the database. >> >> ******* >> Here is the good part. If you go into your garden and take a photo of, >> for example, a tulip, add it to the database along with all the other >> images of tulips you'll get one acorn. But if you can add a photo...the >> *first >> ever photo*...for a plant that has no images, you will earn *2 acorns*! >> Do this often enough and you will become rich with acorns. >> My original goal was to match photos to plant names in our database, but >> earning acorns is a big plus. Earning the acorns *two at a time* is >> twice as good. Receiving the thumbs up from other ATP members is just a >> bonus; like a pat on the back for a job well done... >> Even if I'm not the one who took the actual photos, I still managed to >> hunt down the plant and capture the images...sort of. >> >> Slowly, slowly I have been working my way through the images captured by >> J M Garg. I check each one first to be sure the image matches the plant in >> our database. Then I check to see if we need the image in our database. Oh >> sure, we can never have *too many images*, but my main goal was to add >> images for those lonely little, photo-less plants in our database, not to >> duplicate the efforts of other ATP members. >> >> ...................................................................................... >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> >> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 images). >> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. 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