Crowdsourcing By: Pete Gross

What is it?

Receiving information by asking people to contribute

People do it for a fee or free

Term created in 2005

Why Crowdsource?

Ability to get a lot of information

Ability to get information form all over the world

Think how many people have smart phones

Ability to help other people out

Waze

• Uses GPS• Gather real-time data

• traffic

• accidents

• police

• road hazards

• traffic cameras

Sit or Squat

Uses GPS

Provides list of public restrooms

Users rate cleanliness

Sit

Squat

PlacemeterEarn $50/month

Uses old phone

Suction-cup to window

View outside

Collects data about

pedestrian traffic

vehicle traffic

Data used by marketers

Stereopublic

Uses GPS

Records surrounding noise for 30 seconds

Provides ability to find quite spot in City

iOS Only

GrasswireCross references news

Users employ social media to make sure story is true

Uses the crowd as a giant fact checker

Android only

OpenSignal

Uses GPS

Builds a picture of mobile phone network

Provides true data signal quality of the carrier

Weather Signal

Uses Smart Phones sensors

Gathers info about

temperature

pressure

light

humidity

Uses GPS

Smart Phones are mini-weather stations!

Other Examples of Using the crowd

Crowdfunding

Crowdsearching