Dinesh ji, I went through this ink this morning and wanted to write to you all about this. https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/progress-report/efloraofindia-s-journey/quest-for-e-flora-of-india
Could the members share your current thinking on this? Regards Shan On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello Shan ji, > > It is very heartening to find an initiative of live database coming into > someone's mind. > Gurcharan ji and Vijayasankar ji have put forth the best insight of this > group. > > You may be aware that there is a site called efloraofindia (in short, eFI) > at https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ which gives a larger > picture of the group's activities; it has facts and information about / > collected from this group in a retrievable fashion. > > Please do not hesitate to do something that will take this group to a newer > height. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Shanmugam Rajasekaran < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Dr. Gurcharan Singh ji, Vijayshankar ji, >> >> Thank you for your guidance and warm welcome to a complete novice like >> me. >> It is wonderful and encouraging to know that eFI has people from so many >> different backgrounds. >> >> Regards >> Shan >> >> >> >> On 18-May-2011, at 10:08 PM, Vijayasankar wrote: >> >> Yes, I personally feel that our group is not yet fully technical, too. If >> at all we use any technical descriptions, it is only to verify and confirm >> the identity of the plant in question. >> We don't just deal with the scientific names alone, but we also discuss >> the uses of plants, their local/vernacular names (most often in the original >> scripts of languages), habitat, variations, plant-animal interaction etc >> etc, wherever such information available. All these have effectively made >> non-botanist members to contribute and interact without any inhibition. We >> have several examples for this. >> And there is no restriction for discussing non-technical matters of plants >> in the group, in fact it is welcomed. >> I am sure that eFI is the best forum today to discuss with any Indian >> plants, incl. trees. >> Even the design of webpages and database is being done and improved by the >> fellow members. You may like to contribute in this area also, if you wish. >> >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear Shan ji >>> Our efloraofIndia group has all ingredients for such interactions. Out of >>> nearly 1600 members, there or hardly 50 odd or so with background in botany. >>> Rest are from different background: doctors, engineers, farm owners, >>> photographers, nature lovers most of whom have little or no technical >>> knowledge about botany, but know their plants so well, and willing to know >>> more and more plants. Perhaps there could be no better synergy than this. >>> More so, all are welcome to join the group, send their photographs >>> for identification of all types of plants, including trees. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Shan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear eflora members, >>>> >>>> I recently joined efloraofindia and also discovered the flowersofindia >>>> and Dinesh ji's Flickr site. As a layman, I am amazed at the richness of >>>> information and the generosity of spirit in sharing with the world. Since I >>>> don't have a background in botany, I did find the discussion advanced. >>>> >>>> Could you please guide me to any website or database, that could help >>>> the common layman to identify trees in India? If such a site does not >>>> exists, would it be useful to create a Creative Commons site with a live >>>> database, where common citizens can directly upload photos and discuss? The >>>> goal is to popularize appreciation of trees and nature among common >>>> citizens. >>>> >>>> If such a site is required, I can get it done under your guidance as a >>>> volunteered or sponsored project. >>>> I am looking forward to hearing from you and learning from your >>>> experience. >>>> >>>> A brief intro about me: >>>> My background is in design, usability and software user experience. >>>> Currently I work at Infosys as a design educator. (My email to you >>>> regarding >>>> this initiative is purely personal and has nothing to do with Infosys). I >>>> graduated in product design, from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, >>>> in 1992. I blog occasionally on education and design related topics at >>>> http://blog.lakesidelatte.org/. >>>> >>>> In the past, I have done some photo documentation of heritage trees for >>>> Bangalore Environment Trust. As a recent initiative a few of us have >>>> got together for a year-long program of taking government and orphanage >>>> school children for trees walks. The walks would be done by botanists and >>>> tree experts in Mysore. >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Shan, Mysore >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
