DocumentCode
3025349
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
fYear
2011
fDate
5-8 Dec. 2011
Firstpage
34
Lastpage
38
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
e-Science Workshops (eScienceW), 2011 IEEE Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location
Stockholm
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0026-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/eScienceW.2011.24
Filename
6130728
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