citizen science and crowd-sourcing biological surveys
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Research & Development / ILRTResearch & Development / ILRT
Citizen Science and Crowd-sourcing Biological Surveys
Simon Price, Dave Kilbey, Jasper Tredgold, Chris Bailey, Mark van Rossum, Mike Jones, Damian Steer
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UK Butterfly Survey
BatMobile
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What we do
• Work with researchers and organisations to engage the public with data collection
• Design bespoke smartphone applications
• Innovate to take the technology in new directions
• Provide data visualisation tools to enhance feedback
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The Products
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How it worksLat/Long obtained via phone’s GPS in the field
Normal accuracy between 2 and 8m
51.391709743,-
0.170123657 Photo + Metadata
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Making a difference
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Some statistics
• PlantTracker• 12,000 downloads
• 5,500 records of invasive species since Aug 2012
• Appearance on BBC Countryfile
• Data has already enabled early intervention
• Cost saving to the Environment Agency
• Interest from many groups around the UK
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PlantTracker results
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iRecord data access
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Recent developments
• Collaboration with bat researchers:• Institute of Zoology and UCL• Bat Conservation Trust• Cotswold Park Water Trust
• BatMobile – improve occurrence data:• Increase accuracy of sampling• Extend coverage• Reduce time taken• Identify European migration routes
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BatMobile project
• Services such as SoundHound and Shazam enable people to identify songs they hear, using a mobile app.
• BatMobile aims to apply the same principle to identify species of bats from their ultrasonic calls.
• Challenges:• realtime on a mobile• online vs. offline analysis• ultrasound => need a special microphone
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Identifying bats by their calls...
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BatMobile demo app
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Summary
• Why it works for the public
• Why it works for us
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Why it works for the public
• Immediacy
• Minimal effort
• Usability (paramount for public engagement)
• It appeals to the “geek” in us
• I can use my phone to do something useful…
• The apps are informative
• Feedback loop
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Why it works for us
• High quality data • Photo attached (verifiable… most of the time)• Geo-located• Other metadata
• Digital data• Data flow consistent (to BRC – iRecord - then to NBN)• No work converting it from another format• Accessible by anyone (potentially)• No time lag for data to appear in public domain