Our work
Octophin build interactive maps, apps, websites, community platforms and databases solely for the environment conservation, arts and heritage sectors.
We have world-leading knowledge on interactive mapping of all aspects of the natural world and its sustainable communities (from seafood to forestry), and have spoken on building maps for good at
several international conferences. We have built many collaborative databases of wildlife sightings, green spaces, sustainable seafood, recipes and more, and manage a community platform and wiki for conservation technologists and a citizen science wildife identification gaming platform both with thousands of active members.
On the arts side of our work we have worked on big data projects (demographic mapping, dashboard building) for Arts Council England via The Audience Agency and Artsadmin for many years, built the website for real world adventure games company HiddenCity (recently made an official partner of the 007 James Bond brand), built interactive maps and artist databases for the Crouch End Open Studios events and worked with Newham Council on digitisation projects for their new heritage centre.
WILDLABS Courses - online learning platform
An online learning system for the WILDLABS.NET conservation technology platform.
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Key Biodiversity Areas database importers and geospatial database
We have worked with Birdlife International on their World Database of Keybiodiversity Areas since 2023 and in 2024 were asked to build a new system to allow organisations to bulk upload sites to be proposed as Key Biodiversity Areas.
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Key Biodiversity Areas factsheets scraper, archive and backup system
We worked with the Key Biodiversity Areas team at Birdlife International to build a scraper of their World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas
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Global Safety Net map
We built a globe-view interactive map for One Earth's Global Safety Net project featuring more than a dozen categorised raster and vector layers and data queries mapped to a user selectable view of countries, ecoregions, bioregions and states.
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Time Traveller’s Guide to London Zoo
We built an interactive historical timeline for ZSL London Zoo powered by a flexible content management system and including features such as a quiz and multiple themes.
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Our Stories Our Systems
We built a portal and interactive questionnaire centering around anxiety about climate change.
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iBeholder mobile arts survey system for 4 galleries in Northern Ireland
We worked with The Audience Agency and Thrive to build a mobile-first web application for art gallery surveys.
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Instant Detect satellite wildlife monitoring system
Instant Detect 2.0 is a wildlife, environment and threat monitoring system designed by conservationists for conservationists. The system consists of multiple battery-powered cameras and sensors that capture images and data and then transmit it to the cloud in near real-time using satellite connectivity.
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Seabird Tracking Database
We built a new version of the collaborative Seabird Tracking Database for Birdlife International.
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The National Red List Project
Creating a new database, interactive map and importer of thousands of historic records for the National Red List.
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Food for the Brain website, membership system and Cognitive Function Test
We worked with the Food for the Brain Foundation, a mental health nutrition charity, to redesign and rebuild their website and their scientifically validated Cognitive Function Test.
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Ticketing pipelines and big data APIs for hundreds of arts venues in the UK
Octophin built ticketing pipelines for many ticketing systems (Spektrix, TicketSolve, Tessitura and more); creating APIs, scrapers and importers to ingest, parse, normalise, analyse and anonymise (via Experian APIs) daily data on tickets, people and events.
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Filmpro interactive exhibition of disabled and neurodiverse artists
In 2020, filmpro commissioned three self-defining disabled and neurodiverse emerging artists to produce new work that pushes the boundaries of digital platforms. These commissions were displayed in an online exhibition built by Octophin.
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NUS - RecycleLeague pilot
We built a data visualisation showing live weekly recycling rates of various competing universities and other institutions.
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HiddenCity (real-world adventure games) website, team editor and booking system
A beautiful and engaging new website that integrates with their booking system, game progress, team editing and creation, leaderboards and more for HiddenCity.
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Instant Wild
Instant Wild is a gamified citizen science platform (including iOS and Android apps) where users can help identify species in camera trap imagery around the world.
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Tricky Trawling Greenland Fishing Game
A game teaching about the effects of trawl fishing on benthic life in Greenland
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London Zoo's Tiger Territory touch screen interactive
An interactive touchscreen game to promote ZSL’s Instant Wild app
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My True Selfie Anti Bullying Campaign App
Tackling low self-esteem, body image and bullying with technology
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ParcelHero - Curiosities online game
Can you guess all 100 world cities in this addictive online game?
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eHarmony - Dating profile text analyser "Language of Love"
Dating profile analyser based on research into successful profile keywords for men and women.
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ZSL - Food Web Interactive iPad Application
Easy to customise conservation education app for school groups.
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Tiger Territory game
Immerse yourself in Sumatra as a critically endangered tiger.
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