A field data platform that works where the signal doesn't
Scaffold to a live app with manager console in 2 days · repository history, Sep 2026
See itThe home page peels off three real Sentinel-2 passes over northern Bukidnon, mostly cloud, to reveal a clear view. Even that can't show who works the land. See the cloud layers on ghost.dance ↗
Figures from the project's own repository and configuration as of October 2026.
The problem
Cloud covers much of Mindanao most days. Satellites see a fraction of the land and never see who works it or whether they've consented. That gap is what investors price as risk.
Closing it needs evidence from the ground: geotagged, inside the right boundary, reviewed, and gathered by people with cheap phones and no data plan. No off-the-shelf tool did all of that and paid the people who did the work.
What we built
- Field capture with no signal. Staff pick a project and record geotagged observations with type-specific fields. Everything is stored on the phone and syncs when signal returns.
- Public photo missions. Community members join with a name and a mission code. The app checks the photo was taken inside the project boundary.
- Manager console. Review submissions, approve mobile-money rewards, manage people and roles, upload boundaries, and see who took part.
- Referral bonuses and share cards, so missions spread person to person.
- Android app from the same codebase, plus an in-app bug button that files issues straight into the backlog.
Where the AI is
The app was built with AI coding agents from the start, and non-developers on the team ship content changes through pull requests with their own AI assistant. An hourly job publishes live participation numbers to the operator's console, so nobody has to ask how a mission is going.
How fast
The first working version, with field capture, citizen missions, manager review and payouts, went up in two days (9 to 10 Sep 2026, per the repository history). The Play Store build and participation reporting followed.
How this applies to your business
Any organisation with people working away from a desk and a connection:
- Site inspections, audits and asset surveys
- Agricultural extension and supply-chain traceability
- Distributed data collection where contributors are paid per verified submission
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