The latest version of Catalogue of Plants is on its way.
What's guiding us?
Catalogue of Plants 2nd Generation will bring a heap of brand new functionality and massive improvements to lots of the old things too. See the phase out plan for the latest information about when Catalogue of Plants 2nd Generation will be available and what it means for Catalogue of Plants Client 47.
- Rock solid reliability and performance that far surpasses anything you've seen so far.
- There's way more information than ever before, yet it's easier to use and interpret what you find.
- A new look and feel, repsonsive interface and a style all to its own. There's nothing else quite the same.
Here's a sneak peek at what you can expect
Faster and more reliable connections to the Botanic Gardens of South Australia's online databases
We've optimized connections created by the Catalogue of Plants to be more robust. We've also taken measures to ensure the remote servers where the Catalogue of Plants exists are under less load. That means faster information being delivered to your desktop. The optimized remote infrastructure gives us an opportunity to unlock more collections information than ever..
More collections information
There's so much more information available. Specifically:
- Curatorial notes
- Plant Records research
- Collections photographs
- Audio
- Video
We see multimedia like photographs and audio as a way to help connect people to plants. In this Catalogue of Plants, you'll not only find where plants are, but you'll get to see them, hear how their names are pronounced and learn.
Tighter integration of Seeds of South Australia
We've made Seeds of South Australia integrated into Catalogue of Plants. As a user, everything will be transparent to you. There's no need to click on links or visit an external website. SoSA data will just be right in front of you, for you to discover.
Collections Tray
The Collections Tray is brand new. It's a small application that lives in your system tray. It controls every aspect of how you experience the Catalogue of Plants. Everything from enabling system wide shortcuts for access to the Catalogue no matter what you're working on to important notifications and facilitating special access. The Collections Tray has been designed to unlock the Catalogue of Plants no matter how you like to work.
There's no need to to hunting for information anymore
We've brought the information you need to work efficiently and intelligently to your desktop with the new Catalogue of Plants Landing tool. You'll be able to see vital collections statistics in a much friendlier format than before, as well as see what's new to our collections and name changes, tasks which weren't possible previously. The Landing tool is beautiful, fast, friendly and informative not to mention completely customisable.. If you want to, turn it off altogether.
License Manager
We've put you in total control of your Catalogue of Plants license. You'll be able to renew your license to continue accessing the Catalogue of Plants yourself, as well as return it to us if you should find yourself not needing the Catalogue of Plants anymore.
The old favourites
Some things from the first Catalogue of Plants aren't making an appearance this time around. Things like the weather bar and login windows are gone for good.
But other things like My Notes, the Address Book and Photographic packs (formally photo packs) are not only included but completely revamped and improved. You can choose to experience photographic packs as rotating desktop backgrounds, My Notes that allow you to save attachments and queries, and an Address Book that connects with Ubiquity.
And lastly..
This new website to support the Catalogue of Plants behind the scenes. It's responsive dynamic design means it looks amazing on desktops, tablets and phones. It opens the door for us to deliver Catalogue of Plants content directly online too. Meaning you can access what you want, when and where you need it.
Lots of the online allied features available through the old Catalogue of Plants directly will now be moved to this website. So things like, booking training sessions, automatic license issuing and applying for staff and volunteer licenes won't be complicating the Catalogue of Plants anymore.