AA International
Pictorial Evaluation Tools

An application developed for the purpose of helping 3rd world countries keep track of the growth progress of crops and estimated yield, with the primary goal of ensuring that there is enough food for the population, provide sufficient warning of shortfalls and also to advise the locals on better production methodologies whilst working closely with other world leading organisations in the field of agriculture.

This solution was split into 2 components: the main web application and database for central store of data and an android application that interacts with the main application via a restful API. The mobile application is installed on even the cheapest of phones and downloads a survey definition for different crops and animals which includes example images of crops in varying stages of development and similar images for animal development/states.

A survey is carried out using the phone and real observations on the ground are compared to these definitions and a selection is made to represent the closest match. This occurs throughout the survey areas including many observations all recorded locally on the phone, as connectivity cannot be guaranteed. Once the surveyor is back where there is an internet connection the survey results are then uploaded via the API to the main application for analysis including Google maps integration and overlay. These results can then be exported and provided to the relevant organisations that can collate the information for future planning on a multi-national scale.