London Garden

In the gardens on the Embankment there is a London plane of about 35 metres. Fewer than three hundred trees in the city are recorded that high, and every one of them is in this app. So are 1.1 million more. Find the ones near you on a map. Tap one for its name, its height, its age, how rare it is in London, the birds recorded nearby, and where its shade falls this afternoon. Everything is stored on your phone and works with no signal. Point the camera at a tree and the app works out which one it is, from where you are standing, the direction you are facing, and what the lens can see. That happens on the phone. No photo and no location leaves it. Talk to a tree and it answers as itself, from its species, age, size, borough and the weather where it stands. A plane on the Embankment and a young rowan in Barking answer differently. WHAT YOU CAN DO · See the trees near you, on a map or as a…