Title :
National Geographic FieldScope: A Collaboratory Geospatial Platform for Citizen Science
Author :
Russell, Eric ; Switzer, Anna ; Edelson, Daniel
Author_Institution :
Nat. Geographic Soc., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
We describe National Geographic Field Scope, an online platform for Citizen Science projects. The platform is designed to overcome several obstacles to the wider adoption of Citizen Science in science education, by providing technical infrastructure to Citizen Science projects at little to no cost, and by enabling learners to participate in the full scientific process by analyzing the data they collect. We describe the current state of the software and our plans for future development.
Keywords :
geographic information systems; geography; citizen science project; collaboratory geospatial platform; data analysis; national geographic field scope; online platform; science education; scientific process; Communities; Databases; Education; Geographic Information Systems; Servers; Web services; Collaboration; Social network services; User interfaces; User-generated content; Web services;
Conference_Titel :
e-Science Workshops (eScienceW), 2011 IEEE Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0026-1
DOI :
10.1109/eScienceW.2011.24
