About
Who made this
Wildergeist is a one-person project.
Greg Kirczenow lives on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, where he is restoring six acres of Wabanaki forest. He built Wildergeist after years of walking that forest every day on his lunch break. The habit changed what he noticed out there, and left him wondering whether AI could deepen attention to the world rather than pull it away. He has worked in AI for over a decade and teaches it at Saint Mary's University.
If it tells you something that seems wrong, or shows you something worth seeing: hello@wildergeist.com
The fine print
Wildergeist is an AI nature companion that interprets the natural world around you. It is not an authoritative source and may contain errors or inaccuracies.
Important:
- AI interpretations may be wrong. The AI may describe ecological relationships, species behaviors, or environmental patterns that sound plausible but are incorrect. Treat its observations as invitations to look closer, not as facts.
- No foraging or edibility guidance is provided, ever. Consuming wild plants or fungi based on incorrect identification can be fatal.
- The App may suggest sensory activities. You are responsible for assessing the safety of any interaction with plants, fungi, wildlife, or other natural elements.
- You are responsible for your own safety outdoors. The App does not monitor hazards or provide navigation.
- For reliable species identification, use established identification tools and field guides.
Your walks help build a shared ecological knowledge base. See our Privacy Policy for how your data is used.
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Data Sources
This app uses the following open data and services:
Forest inventory data — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia.
Trail and path data — Trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Data Commons Open Database License.
Geographic names — Contains information from the Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada, licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Weather data — Weather data provided by Environment and Climate Change Canada via the MSC GeoMet service, used under the Environment and Climate Change Canada Data Server End-use Licence.
Plant identification — The image-based plant species identification service used, is based on the Pl@ntNet recognition API, regularly updated and accessible through the site https://my.plantnet.org/. Only the photo image is sent for identification; no location, identity, or session data is included.
