Great Lakes EDN5.1.0 - App Store

Identify and Report Invasive Plants, Animals, Insects and Plant Pathogens in the Great Lakes region of the U.S.

The Great Lakes Early Detection Network (GLEDN) app brings the power of EDDMapS to your smartphone. Now you can submit invasive species observations directly with your smartphone from the field. These reports are uploaded to EDDMapS and e-mailed directly to local and state verifiers for review. The GLEDN app was developed by the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. GLEDN is more than just a smartphone app; it is an integrated invasive species reporting and outreach campaign for the Great Lakes region of the United States that includes the app and the GLEDN website. The app and project can be referred to as EDDMapS Midwest.

Every year new invasive plants, animals, insects and plant pathogens are found in the Great Lakes region of the U.S. These non-native invasive species threaten to undermine the health of our environment. More than an inconvenience, invasive plants and animals can greatly alter our native landscape, adversely impact native wildlife, destroy agricultural crops and threaten our health. Invasions of exotic species cost the United States over $120 billion each year. The economic costs are small compared to the ecological ones. The southern United States has millions of acres of public lands; these lands furnish us the water we drink, the air we breathe and countless recreational opportunities. These public lands are highly vulnerable to invasion by exotic plant and animal species.

By reporting sightings of invasive plants and other invasive pests, we can better assess the extent of the infestations and hopefully eradicate new infestations before they become huge problems such as kudzu. The goal of GLEDN is to make identification and reporting as easy and efficient as possible.

Just a few minutes of your time can help provide vital information needed to protect vital wildlife habitat, agriculture, forestry and your favorite recreational areas from the damage caused by invasive species. This app is so easy to use, you can collect data while out fishing, hiking, kayaking or walking around your neighborhood.

Features:

.GPS automatically captures your current location
.Submit an image of your sighting to add validity to your report
.Online reporting
.Offline reporting: reports saved on your phone to upload when you have network connectivity
.Species ID Guides include images and information on the worst non-native invasive plants, animals, insects and plant pathogens
.Provides real-time point distribution maps centered on your current location
.Invasive species resources

Powered by EDDMapS - The University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health's Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System. EDDMapS allows for real time tracking of invasive species occurrences using local and national distribution maps and electronic early detection reporting tools.

Version History We've updated the user interface and added an Explore Feature. In the Explore Map section, Users can view verified reports in their area or pan around the map to load reports for any location. Recent and Top reported species are also loaded based the current location. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu. 5.1.0 10/19/2025 Minor update to repair internal procedures to understand crash reports. We have updated references for newer devices so they are recognized by the feedback feature. For any questions, concerns or suggestions, email us either through the in app feedback feature or at bugwood@uga.edu. 5.0.3 08/21/2024 This update should fix bugs that caused the app to crash while trying to view species details and caused species images to appear out of order and not displaying in a consistent fashion. If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions, please contact us at bugwood@uga.edu or use the in app feedback feature found in the left, slide-out menu. 5.0.2 04/19/2023 Minor changes to network communications for better error handling. For any questions, concerns, or suggestions for features, please contact us at bugwood@uga.edu or use the feedback option in the left side menu of the app. 5.0.1 03/18/2023 Updated to Swift. Added Upload Error and Crash reporting. 5.0.0 01/27/2023 Minor updates and improvements 4.6.4 01/04/2023 added metrics to upload 4.6.3 10/20/2021 Added Tree of Heaven for host species. 4.6.1 09/20/2021 New Species and Images added. 4.6.0 06/20/2021 Minor update for some species information. 4.5.1 05/18/2021 New Species added.
Minor bug fix for species search. 4.5.0 03/02/2021 New species and images added. 4.4.0 01/22/2021 New species and pictures added. 4.3.0 11/05/2020 Minor update for Habitat Attributes. 4.2.3 07/30/2020 -Minor bug fix for managing dark mode and new species not showing up in the search.

**Known Bug** - On the Species List views, when the user swipes down for the search to appear, the navigation bar at the top turns white and the buttons that were previously visible disappear. They are still there but are invisible because there is no contrast being on a white background. We are monitoring the documentation and hope to have this bug fixed as soon as possible. 4.2.2 04/22/2020 New species added. 4.2.1 03/24/2020 -New Species Added
-Remove Sites from Report Form 4.2.0 03/27/2019 Minor bug fix 4.1.6 05/20/2018 New Species added. 4.1.5 02/06/2018 -Minor bug fixes 4.1.4 07/26/2017 -New species added
-minor bug fixes 4.1.3 07/11/2017 - Location and duplicate report uploaded bug fixes 4.1.2 05/24/2016 -New form for Insects and Diseases
-Updated forms for Plants and Animals
-Compatible with iOS 7 4.1.1 05/06/2016 -Habitat added to forms
-New forms for Diseases and Insects
-Update and Remove Site Info in Database
-Minor bug fixes 4.1 04/20/2016 - Updated for iOS 9
- New Species Added
- Upload up to 5 images with optional captions
- Report List now has multiple actions 4.0 12/08/2015