If you’re planning a trip to a game park in and around South Africa you may want to take the ParkSpotter Africa app on the journey with you.
ParkSpotter Africa, a joint release between leading Africa map publisher MapStudio and mobile app developer, Polymorph is a new innovative wildlife app for iPhone that is now available worldwide from the App Store.
The app aims to motivate park visitors to explore, learn and share their nature adventures in interesting, exciting and memorable way.
ParkSpotter Africa is the first application of its kind to spot and share wildlife sightings on social media. Users can photograph, identify, save and share sightings with geo-location, date, time and categories to create a personal record of sightings.
This unique feature also enables other visitors to the park to view the sighting‘s photo first before rushing off to the scene.
The sightings feature is also designed to allow the user to upload photos and sightings at a later stage and edit.
Another feature of the app is that all content, including the detailed park maps, are stored on the phone itself, and so except for sharing your sightings, internet access is not required while using the app in the parks – an innovative and long-awaited practical addition to wildlife apps in general.
Added to the list of informative and interactive features are detailed maps, park-specific fauna & flora checklists, well-researched information on species and striking visual content.
Currently the app comprises of five Southern Africa parks including: Kruger National Park (North), Kruger National Park (South), Etosha National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and the Addo Elephant National Park with more parks to be released soon.
ParkSpotter Africa is available for free download from the iTunes App Store which will allow users to select a demo park and view some of its content as well as upload up to 10 sightings.
To gain access to all the content and maps, each park is available as separate in-app purchases at $ 4.99 each (Kgalagadi, Etosha and Addo) and $ 6.99 each (Kruger North and Kruger South).
An iPad and Android app are also in the works.
