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Citizen Science:an update
Alex R. Chapman & Tracey Cousens
Gaia Resources, PO Box 428Leederville, 6903, Western Australia
2016
Citizen science“ the involvement of the public in scientific research
– whether community-driven or global investigations ”
“ the collection and analysis of data by members of the public,typically as part of a collaborative project with scientists ”
“ research collaborations between scientists and volunteersto expand opportunities for scientific data collection and to provide access to that information to the community ”
Types of involvement:• Contribution of time
• Contribution of data
• Reciprocal sharing of data
• Active collaboration
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2016Communicate to Inspire Conference March 2016
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Log books
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Web sites
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Mobile apps
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MyWeedWatcherreporting weeds in Western Australia
• The community can identify, survey and report weed infestations
• Includes over 200 weeds with images and descriptions
• works outside mobile/WiFi range
• Easy to use weed identification
• Simple photo reporting tool with GPS location & map to pinpoint weed location and area infested
• View mapped reports online
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MyWeedWatcherhttps://www.agric.wa.gov.au/myweedwatcher/reports/
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Photomonenvironmental photo-monitoring
• An effective way to document environmental change over time
• Historical info to aid decision-making by resource managers
• Improves the quality of data collected by environmental photo-monitoring programs
• Overlayed transparent reference photos for consistent 'Field of View'
• Automatic labelling of monitoring photos
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Photomonhttp://www.nacc.com.au/photomon/
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Coastal Walkaboutfor the engaged coastal citizen
• Supports local communities to gather scientific observations within coastal & estuarine environments
• An open-access initiative integrating structured and unstructured survey data
• Record observations for 57 species of marine mammal, reptile, fish and sea-bird
• Upload records and images toa server for ID validation andscientific analysis
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Coastal Walkabout
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Coastal Walkabouthttp://citizensciencehub.gaiaresources.com.au/wordpress/projects/coastal-walkabout/
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The Marri Appmonitoring Marri decline
• Monitoring, research & preservation of marri trees declining in health due to 'marri canker'
• Fact sheets guide symptom identification process
• Help identify and record the disease symptoms
• Data help scientists to understand the decline process and find treatments
• Assists scientists in designing future treatment trials
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The Marri App
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Practical session:
MyWeedWatcher:
Tamrika Lanoiselet+
Hagen & Will
Photomon:
Jen Mitchell+
Bradman & Alexis
Coastal Walkabout:
Tracey Cousens+
Celeste & Alex
The Marri App:
Alex Chapman+
Ben & Emma
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