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Developing mobile applications for environmental and biodiversity citizen science: considerations and recommendations

Posted on Wednesday 8 August 2018 by mukih

The first outcome of the December 2016 workshop on apps, platforms, and portals for citizen science projects was the open access paper “Defining principles for mobile apps and platforms development in citizen science“, which came out in October 2017. The workshop, which was organised by Soledad Luna and Ulrike Sturm from the Berlin Museum for Natural History, has … Continue reading Developing mobile applications for environmental and biodiversity citizen science: considerations and recommendations

apps, citizen science, ECSA, GIS, GIS Usability, HCI, Human–computer interaction, mobile app, smartphone apps, Usability, VGI

Esri User Conference 2016 – plenary day

Posted on Tuesday 28 June 2016 by mukih

The main Esri User conference starts with a plenary day, where all the participants (16,000 of them) join together for a set of presentation from 8:30 to 3:30 (with some breaks, of course). Below you’ll find some notes that I took during the day: The theme of the keynote was GIS – Enabling a Smarter … Continue reading Esri User Conference 2016 – plenary day

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New paper: Digital engagement methods for earthquake and fire preparedness

Posted on Sunday 12 June 2016 by mukih

At the beginning of the Challenging Risk project, the project team considered that before we go out and develop participatory tools to engage communities in earthquake and fire preparedness, we should check what is available. To achieve that, we have commissioned Enrica Verrucci to help us with the review, and later on other members of the … Continue reading New paper: Digital engagement methods for earthquake and fire preparedness

apps, Challenging Risk, disaster preparedness, earthquake preparedness, Extreme Citizen Science, fire preparedness, Research projects, smartphone apps, Usability, VGI

Third day of INSPIRE 2014 – any space for civil society and citizens?

Posted on Saturday 21 June 2014 by Muki Haklay

At the last day of INSPIRE conference, I’ve attended a session about apps and applications and the final plenary which focused on knowledge based economy and the role of inspire within it. Some notes from the talks including my interpretations and comments. Dabbie Wilson from the Ordnance Survey highlighted the issues that the OS is facing […]

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