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Constructing an
open citizen science tool
to collect information
on the Baltic Sea and recreation.
Proof of concept and future possibilities
Janne Artell
3rd BONUS symposium
Gdansk, 14-16.3.2018
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Acknowledgements
The work presented is part of the BONUS BALTICAPP project:
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/balticapp/
The BONUS BALTICAPP project is supported by BONUS (Art 185),
funded jointly by the EU, Academy of Finland, Innovation Fund
Denmark, Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Germany,
Swedish Research Council for Environment, and National Centre for
Research and Development in Poland
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I. A few words on citizen science
II. Why citizen science for the Baltic Sea?
III. From citizen science to a communication platform
IV. Introducing the
V. Lessons learned and the future?
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Newton
Darwin
DIY science… … to helping out science
@home
& outdoors
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Fig 2. Growth of CS publications compared to WoS total.
Kullenberg C, Kasperowski D (2016) What Is Citizen Science? – A Scientometric Meta-Analysis.
PLoS ONE 11(1): e0147152. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147152
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0147152
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Improving spatial & temporal
resolution of measurements
Do we monitor things
important to citizens?
Raising awareness
Public participation
We (economists) want to monitor
citizen behavior as well
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@home
Citizen science application design questions
Core questions:
What do we want? Is it already out there?
What can we get?
What do people want?
What can we give?
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@home
Application design questions
Technical questions:
How should the app work?
What data does the app utilize?
What platforms should we use?
How to ensure the survival of the app?
How do we manage users and data?
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From citizen science to a communication platform
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Citizens
Research Management
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Photo: Marc Müller
@home
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@home
Can we get data from outside?
Requirements:
FREE
EASY (# sources, API’s)
COVERS THE BALTIC SEA AREA
Focus on user shared data
Build an interface for official data sharing
(Bathing Water Directive)
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@home
Platform options
http://www.businessinsider.com/idc
-smartphone-os-market-share-
2015-12?r=US&IR=T&IR=T
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@home
Survival after project?
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What do we want vs. what can we get?
A surprisingly difficult pair of questions
- Recreation patterns
- real-time monitoring vs. privacy user reporting
- General users, not only special interest groups
- specific research questions vs. generality free categorization
- simple and interesting to use
- We need a readily available panel of citizens for surveys
- users represent their own population
- survey pop-ups
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@home
What can we give?
Is there a need, should we create one? Why should anyone use the app?
- Services
- Official information about the Baltic Sea
- Social media functions
- Informal information through communicating with other users
- User protection!
- Partaking in something important
- Assignment marketing through a credible institution
- Gamification?
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Building a tender
• 10 pages describing the project and responsibilities
– Front-end / Back-end coding
– Visual design
– Servers
– 3rd party services
• commercial vs. non-profit
• e.g. login and cloud services
– Bug fixing, accessibility after coding
• Guesstimates on budget (ask around!)
– Give options
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Timeline
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2015
• Helsinki City coder-meet
• Data and competition screening / Tender
2016
• Open discussions with Metropolia
• Two groups code the app – one chosen for testing
2017
• Testing
• Polishing the app both inside and outside
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Android phone?
1. Goto
https://github.com/
harmittaa/LukeApp/
releases
2. Install the app
3. Create a user name
4. Start testing
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Tools: Adminpanel
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Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3… Testing
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Android versions on use
http://blog.davidecoppola.com/2016/12/android-version-distribution-history-visualization-2012-2016/
Version compatibility
By MesserWoland based on the graphics by FoeNyx [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-
sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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Lessons
– Many things to consider when you decide to build an app
• Partners beforehand purpose – marketing – upkeep
• Technical and legal expertise
Keep things A.S(imple).A.P. all the time
• Look for ready-made apps – open source is already here
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Future?
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Thank you!
Janne Artell
+358 - 29 53 26 063
https://github.com/harmittaa/LukeApp/releases