naturelocator - dave kilbey
DESCRIPTION
Presentation given at the Collaborative by Nature event (#gecoenv) in Cardiff on 11th November 2011.TRANSCRIPT
Nature Locator
Dave Kilbey – Project Manager
http://leafwatch.naturelocator.org/
The Problem
The Concept
How the app works
• Users take a photo of a horse chestnut leaf
• The photo is GPS tagged by the phone
• A damage score is assigned by the user (0 = no damage 4= more than half of leaf is mined)
• The ground cover beneath the tree is assessed
• The record is submitted to us
Some Stats
• 12,000 downloads between 1st July & 1st October (2011) • 5200 records uploaded, of which most were valid But opening these things up to the public….. • 2 bottoms • 1 image I’m still trying to forget • 1 nine-year old’s birthday party • Several naked… • Other miscellany defying easy description
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Public Involvement
• Opens up a world of potential
• Puts at least one potential “recorder” in nearly every 10K square
• Means that the questions you ask need to be unambiguous and carefully thought out
• System open to potential abuse
• Results will need some form of moderation
NBN Map of Distribution
• National Biodiversity Network
• Cameraria ohridella
Distribution of records received
Heat Map: Shows density of records received
Standard Pin Map: Shows distribution of records received
Validation Leaderboard
• 300 participants and rising
Go on Andrew, only another 4040 records to go……
End of Season Results Map
The Lowdown
What it cost
• £65,000 JISC grant
• fEC £120,000
• 9 months with a team consisting of: – 2 programmers
– 1 designer
– 1 project manager
– 1 usability expert
– + 2 biologists in steering group
Benefits it brought
• “Accurate” crowd sourced data
• Public engagement
• c. 6 X the data generation of previous year using website alone
• Increases scope and reach of projects
• Publicity and enhanced public awareness
The Future
• We are looking into refinements and improvements
– Enhanced data handling (backend)
– User feedback
– More platforms
• We are actively looking into developing it as a service
• Invasive spp, biological survey and beyond
Questions??