How does the MushScout algorithm work? I'll explain it to you without mincing words. It crosses three sources, works over a 50 km radius and never touches the exact coordinates of your mushroom farms.
The "secret" of the MushScout algorithm is all here: it thinks on the data of an area, not on your precise point. Thus the forecast improves for everyone without spying on anyone's place.
Learn from the area. Not from your exact point.
In short
- Three sources: science, anonymous data from the area (50 km) and your diary.
- The aggregation is over a large area: no place is exposed.
- Nobody sees the exact coordinates. Never.
The three sources
- Scientific knowledge. The starting parameters for each species. With zero data of yours, this applies.
- The data of all users. Aggregated over large areas, anonymously, within a radius of 50 km.
- Your diary. Your exits, in your places. As you record, the prediction becomes yours.
The three sources have been working together since day one. There is no level to unlock.
Because 50 km and not the exact point
The wide radius is not a limitation: it is the privacy mechanism. Aggregating over approximately 50 km ensures that the signal concerns the conditions of the area, never the single collection point.
What the algorithm sees
The macro conditions of the area: rainfall, temperatures, birth rate. All anonymously, without names and without places.
What you DON'T see (and won't see)
- The exact coordinates of your findings.
- Your personal pins and maps.
- Your name and your secret places.
They are not published, they are not shared, they are not sold.
Your journal: the part that makes the prediction yours
The third source is you. Your exits — even the empty ones — refine the prediction of your places. But that data remains private, on your phone.
ScoreFrom three sources
CoordinatesNever shared
Your diaryRefine your forecastThe first rule, written before the code
When I designed the algorithm, I wrote the first rule before each line of code: never touch anyone's exact place.
I'm a mushroom farmer. I know what a good place means. An app that reveals this has already betrayed those who use it.
— Federico, Mush Scout
Grow the algorithm in your area
The more searchers participate, anonymously, the better the local forecast becomes for everyone — without anyone revealing a location. It is the direction of the 50 km radius.
Download MushScout on Google Play and contribute to the model of your area, keeping your mushroom beds to yourself.