Ua hoʻomohala ʻo Jason Siniscalchi, he PhD i ka Forest Resource Science mai West Virginia University i kahi noi ʻike lāʻau no ka iPhone i kapa ʻia ʻo TreeID. Loaʻa paha i kēia noi nā pōmaikaʻi kūikawā no ka poʻe ʻoihana, nā limahana, a i ʻole nā mea pili.
Hāʻawi ʻo TreeID i kahi kumu kūʻai maʻalahi i nā kumuwaiwai o kēia manawa ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi kuhikuhi maʻalahi hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ma ka hana. Aia ka TreeID ma luna o 250 lāʻau (me 100 West Coast lāʻau) ma waena o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a loaʻa kahi kī huli ikaika, ʻike e pili ana i ka ʻāina maoli, nā kiʻi a me nā wehewehe ʻana o nā lau, ka ʻili, nā lālā, nā hua, a me ka nohona. Eia kekahi, loaʻa iā ia kahi palapala ʻāina ākea a me nā silhouettes ʻano lāʻau. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia me ka MEDL Mobile, kahi incubator, mea hoʻomohala, aggregator a me ka mea kūʻai aku i nā noi kelepona.