SANBI’s citizen science initiative

What is iSpot?

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Observer

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Voucher

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Affiliations / membership

Reputation

Citizen Identification:

* by anyone

* backed by dictionary

* supported by agreement

* weighted by reputation

* presorted for experts

Interaction:

* reputation earned

* learner / mentor

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Sharing …

Discussion

Commentary

Queries & Replies

Information

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TAGS

Protea Colour Polymorphism

Alien Alien Rapid Response

Alien Biocontrol Invasive

Hyobanche Survey

EWT Roadkill & Alien, Fishistory

Sea Coral Atlas

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Foolsgold Beetle

Sea Swallow Rain Frog

Painted Reed Frog

Scops Owl

Silver Ghostmoth

NEW LOOK

PERSONAL HOME PAGE

COMMUNITIES

Global

UK & Ireland

Chile

Hong Kong

* Southern Africa

Filtering

Upload Your Toad

Tag WLT Monitoring

Project: Upload Your Toad

Tag WLT Monitoring

Keys

• Available in globally (but not yet for ZA) • Cool “what’s been seen around here feature”

• Needs to be upgraded for African conditions: • Needs an offline data capture mode

• Needs to check GPS is on when out of cell range

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PROJECTS

Thank you!

See you on iSpot! www.ispot.org.za