GIS and Citizen Science:Combining Open Source and Esri Technologies

Patrick Rickles & Muki Haklay

Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS)

Interdisciplinary Research-Tech Development

-Research Projects

-Community Engagement

-Geographic Information Systems

www.ucl.ac.uk/excites

Using GIS to Collaborate with Anthropologists, Archaeologists, Architects,

Computer Scientists, Digital Humanities Students, Disaster Management

Planners, Fine Artists, Historians, Human-Computer Interaction Experts,

Political Scientists, Psychologists and more!

Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS)

Historic Projects and Tech Evolution

New Technology Provides New Opportunities

-Connections between Open Source and Esri

Beleaguered Code from Piecemeal Research Functions

Updating Look-and-Feel and Improving Usability

Projects-Pepys Estate: Scrapyard Closure

-Royal Docks: London City Airport

-Eco21.pl: Dog Poo in Katowice

ExCiteS Platforms & Esri

Sapelli GeoKey Community

Maps

Survey123 ArcGIS Web

Services

ArcGIS Desktop

Extension: Web

Resource

Import

Extension: KML

Export

Sapelli

-Logging and the Mbenjele Tribe

-Sapelli: Pictograms and Decision Trees

-Open Source Android App

-Issues: Power and Signal

Community Maps

-Mapping for Change: UCL’s first Social Enterprise

-Usability Incorporation for Simplified Interface/Structure

-New Technologies: Leaflet, Angular,

GeoKey

-Open Source Web API: User Management, Storage and Translation

-Highly Extensible

-New Technologies: Django, HTML5, PostGIS

Interdisciplinary Project

-Citizen Science-Structural Engineers-Psychologists-GIS

Positively Impact Disaster Preparedness

-Fire/Earthquake/Storm-Seattle, Izmir, UK-Tools for Engagement

Challenging RISK

Co-Design: Government & The People

-Barriers in Communication: Access to Official Data

-Preparedness: “What does my family need?”

-Checklist, KML Export, Web Resources Import: Data Sharing

Extension: Checklist

-Checklist Types and Item Types

-Functionality as Decided by the Group

-Reminder to Replace Expired Items

-Key Functionality: Location of Checklist

Extension: KML Export

-Ability to Export GeoKey Data in Multiple Formats

-KML (fairly) Universal Format

-Permissions and Controls on Access

Extension: KML Export

-Links for Various Formats

-Dynamically Stored / Accessed

-Future Work: Further Formats

Extension: KML Export

-KML Link to Add Layer in ArcGIS Online

Extension: KML Export

-KML Export Visualised in ArcGIS Online

Extension: Web Resource Import

-Need to Import EsriData into ExCiteSPlatforms

-Official / Contributed Data Shared with Citizens

-Initially GeoJSON, ArcGIS API Later

Extension: Web Resource Import

-GeoKeyParameters for Storage and Visualisation

-Stores as Link for Dynamic Access

Extension: Web Resource Import

-Community Maps for Citizen Science Projects

-Citizen Data Shared with Esri(and vice versa)

-Respect Controls on Both Sides

ExCiteS Platforms & Esri

Sapelli GeoKey Community

Maps

Survey123 ArcGIS Web

Services

ArcGIS Desktop

Extension: Web

Resource

Import

Extension: KML

Export

Other Work: Sapelli & Esri SDK

-Orthophototo Tile Package with Sapelli Data

-Android App on Nexus 10 Tablets

-Scales of Recognition: Local Resources

-Future Plans: Drone2Map

Other Work: EpiCollect+ & Story Maps

-GIS: Cross-Disciplinary Tool for Spatial Thinking

-Environmental Studies: Quadrats Measuring Biodiversity

-Efficiency of Smartphones using EpiCollect+

-Story Maps to Showcase Results

The Best of Both Worlds

-Open Source & Esri: Different “Ecosystems”

-Ability to Experiment and Connect: Best Tools for Sustainable Solutions

-Grow Abilities of Both for Social Good

Questions?