using inaturalist for record keeping, citizen science, and public engagement
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Using for record keeping, citizen science, & public engagement
Workshop for NAI Beltway ChapterBy Carrie E. Seltzer (@carrieseltzer)
National Geographic Society April 25, 2016
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C.E. Seltzer. CC BY
iNaturalist makes it easy for people to share what they see
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Elements of an observationWhat? Who? When?
Where?
Details?
Community ID
Evidence (photo or sound)
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iNaturalist has an underlying taxonomy
• Observations should somehow be attached to the tree of life (i.e. not rocks, water, trash, etc.)
• Observations can be attached at any taxonomic level
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Start with the level of identification you know and others can suggest IDs further up the tree of life
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Working together to hang observations on the Tree of Life
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Crowd source species IDs
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Automatically protect sensitive species
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BioBlitz: an intensive survey of a defined area, inventorying as many species as possible in a
short amount of time.
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Nearby BioBlitz locations
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How you can be involved
Come to the Biodiversity Festival: Explore booths and entertainment at Constitution Gardens.
Attend an inventory: Be a citizen scientist and work with an expert.
Identify observations on iNaturalist: During and after the event, help identify observations & welcome new users!
Be a Pro-Observer: Learn how to use iNaturalist and help record data on inventories.
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Why it’s great for BioBlitzes
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BioBlitz data collection has evolved
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Data section
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Export Data
• Use for analysis or tracking student work
• Filter data and select relevant fields to export data as .csv or .kml (for Google Earth)
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Open data for use and re-use
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Analyze and Visualize Data
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GBIF
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GBIF
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US iNat Occurrences in GBIFUS Species US Occurrences in GBIF
Records in GBIF: Species and occurrences
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This is the power of sharing data!
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Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
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Create Species Guides
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What CAN’T you do with iNaturalist?
• Abiotic recording/monitoring (water quality, precipitation, temperature, air quality, etc.)
• Recording/mapping entire plant communities• Absence (iNat is best for presence-only)• Difficult to record metadata around sampling
effort• Not a GIS itself, but you can use the data in
another GIS.