How To Navigate Through PV Panels On Locust Map

Begin by navigating to https://plantvillage.psu.edu/. On the home page it'll allow you to create an account. 

 

Begin to locate "Locust Map" at the bottom of the page once login/ account is created. This will locate all panels used for Plant Village. 

 

Creation of an account allows access to all panels below. Nagivate to  https://plantvillage.psu.edu/panel/home for more options. 

 

Observatory allows for a Database of lead farmers to take responsibility for detailing information of each farm and being able to message with farmers. The color meanings indicate diseases/ water stress on the plants being observed as a team. 

 

Observaratory is rarely used  but it allows a space for statistics/ data on what is being presented. This can include communicating with your team in terms of water stress on plants, abandoned plants etc. 

Farmer Contacts allows a database of connecting with farmers and and their phone numbers. 

 

Broadcast creates a space to manage subscribers  as well as messaging (SMS) and phone #'s. It shares characteristics with farmers contacts. 

 

Content has a bunch of subareas including blogs, countries, diseases, different languages, locust users and much more that are relating resources to Plant Village. 

Users & Roles shows different leads and how you can get in contact with a specific member on the team if needed. It bounces off of broadcast and contacts as a more specific brach of resource to get connected.