Research for similar idea (application,
website, installation)
1. Find-A-Fish (Iphone app, paid/lite
version)
Page1. List View, species of fish. Top
of this page 1 has search bar, using name or scrolling to get the fish details/
alphabetical index and fish preview.
Page2. Description. HQ picture,
description (Common name, scientific name, other name, identification,
size/weight, feeding habits, fishing) and navigate between similar
species.
Page3. Details. Landscape mode, fish
image can be magnified.
This application is to give fishermen an
advanced and accurate freshwater fish identification tool. Download this app
for more details. This application was user-generated. No require for internet
access.
Layout interface:
· Clear,
clean, simple
· Background
color as in light blue, gradient
· Contrast
between then fish (main character) with the background color
· Top
part: name of the fish, white word with black background, very clear
· Stated
similar name of the fish with the selected fish you chosen
· Not
much description, only names (common name, scientific name and others) (maybe
theres more but I do not purchase this app due to $2.99 per app)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/find-a-fish/id351829782?mt=8
2. Marine Fishes - Identification Guide
for iPad (paid)
More than 200 species of marine fishes
id, can search by name, families and genera.
Each card contain scientific name,
common names, details information about its color, characteristic, measures, range,
habitat, habits and behaviors, ways to catch and flash quality, status of
threats of extinction, other common names and important notes.
Available 2 games to interact with.
(memory game and identification game)
Based on the book Peixes Marinhos do
Brasil
Layout interface:
· White
background
· Separate
in good categories (good for user to read and select)
· Eg:
color, characteristic, measures, etc in each section (bottom part of the page)
· Illustrated
fish, not real visual of the fish
· Name
of the fish is clear stated top of the page
http://itunes.apple.com/app/marine-fishes-identification/id448257398
3. The Fish Database (website)
User can key in the family species,
common name, scientific name, site, nearest town, country, ocean/sea of the
fish that you want to know.
After you type our the name of the fish,
hit the search button.
This website provided the scientific
name of the fish species, size of the fish, photographer's name and the place
that he/she took this picture, picture rating and you can rate the photo too!
Layout design:
· Is
a static website
· White
background with black wording
· Simple,
user friendly
· Search
by name to find out the details of the fish
· A
bit boring due to some of the picture not clear, not must details/description
about the fish, page is dull
· Don’t
have nice categories
http://www.fishdb.co.uk/
4. Australian museum (website)
Click on the "Animals" button
to look for "Fishes" section to get more information about
fish.
In the "Fishes" section has
"What's new in fish?", "For the fish community",
"Parts/ dissect/ identify", "Find a Fish", "Fishy
facts", "Larval Fishes", and "Fishes in the Collection".
This website contains full of
information of animals, especially fishes.
Find a fish section provided the
scientific name of the fish, picture, alternative name, identification, size
range, distribution, distribution by collection data, habitat, feeding and
diet, other behaviors and adaptations, mating and reproduction, danger to
human and first aid, classification and references. User also can leave comment
in this website too.
Layout design:
· Static
website
· Good
in category
· Underline
the topic which user can click on (stated clearly)
· Old
paper texture background
· Clear,
simple, user friendly
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Fishes
5. Fishes: East Pacific. An
identification guide for the shore-fish fauna of the tropical eastern pacific.
(iphone application for free)
This App provides a set of portable
identification tools functionally equivalent to those in the website edition.
While that website requires an ongoing internet connection to function, the App
works independently of the web after being downloaded. Fishes: East Pacific
works wherever an iPhone can go. As well as acting as an ID Guide this App also
allows users to make and organize lists that record information about fishes in
the App’s database, and can be downloaded by email.
Page1. First/Last name of the fish,
scientific name, search bar and scrolling list follow by alphabet.
Page2. Key features, description, size,
habitat, depth, places you can get this fish (range map).
*similar fish button, family button, add
note button and glossary button available*
Searching section. (name, location,
shape, color, pattern) and (ID keys to species rich families)
Layout design:
· Too
much information in one page
· Everything
place in one page, due to phone screen is small, hard to read the description
· Cannot
zoom in to read the description
· Build
in database, not require
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/fishes-east-pacific.-an-identification/id494644648?mt=8
6. FishBase (website)
This is a fish search engine
website.
User can key in the common name or
scientific name to search the fish.
Other than that, user can choose
information by family, information by country or island, information by
ecosystem, information by topic, tools to get more advance search for the fish
you want to know.
Layout design:
· Too
many search bar in one page
· Complicated
· Hard
to decide which one to be select and search
· Clean
page but not really user friendly
http://www.fishbase.org/search.php
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