Mobile Application Development Report

Augmented Reality/Twitter Mobile Observation

2012 CDI Funded Projects

Derek MasakiEco-Science SynthesisNational Geospatial Programdmasaki@usg.gov

Augmented Reality Mobile Application

Visualizing USGS Biological Species Occurrences Using Layar Platform and API

Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform

Web Data Visualization Using Curated Twitter Submissions and Twitter Data Mining/Stream API

Augmented Reality Project Goals

2012 Deliverables

Create geodatabase of species occurrence locations; Expose point locations through a webservice API; Register point service through Layar platform; Load and view species locations in mobile viewer on Android and iPhone platforms Make species occurrence layer available through a robust mobile augmented reality platform Cost

$1750

Augmented reality (AR) on mobile devices provide a live view (usually from the mobile phone rear facing camera) enhanced with rendered graphics such as points or lines that correspond to real physical space.

Augmented Reality - Concept

USGS CSAS Data Resource - BISON

BISON open data API

REST Query

Repurpose for Mobile

Mobile augmented reality view of BISON species occurrence data.

Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON)

BISON Data – Mobile Augmented Reality View

BISON - Database Layar Endpoint – PHP Page Mobile Browser

REST Query Layar Format

BISON Data – Mobile Augmented Reality View

AR – Real Time Overlay

2D Map View

Live View Display

Species points “floating icons”

Detail information on click

Google Map Display

Traditional map view

See all points within 5km

Moving Forward

• CDI Mobile Working Group

• Higher Level Interest – “How Do I Get This On My iPhone”

• Terms of Service - Review

• Approval of Third Party App – Layar

• Additional Data Resources – eg. NPS, USFWS, USGS

Web Data Visualization Using Curated Twitter Submissions and Twitter Data Mining/Stream API

Twitter Mobile Observation Project Goals

2012 Deliverables Establish unique Twitter account to accept incoming direct messages; Develop submission protocol; Develop scripts to mine Twitter stream API; Visualization elements – mapping, tabular output.

Web based visualization of citizen volunteered information utilizing Twitter client and API (stream and data mining) Cost

$2,500

USGS has some experience in developing Twitter based applications for earthquake monitoring (Twitter Earthquake Detector)

Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform

Tweets (@speciesobs) – Stream API

MongoDB – Observations Web Map

Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform

BISON Species Observations

SMS, Email, Voice

Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform

Aug24 Cricket Crawl Event

Hundreds of participants

2500 Observations

Tweets, Email, SMS, Voice

Sam Droege – USGSJohn Pickering – Discover Life

Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform

Standard Form

8 Species

1minute

Tweet/e-mail/SMS/Call

Twitter Client

gMail/gVoice

Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform

Twitter Species Observation – tweet observation, recorded sound, image, location. Once reviewed and vetted, observation appears (usually within minutes) on a web available map.

Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform

500+ participants, students, scientists, citizen naturalists. 2500+ observations.

Moving Forward

• Regional Interest – Phenology Program

• National Coordination – Volunteer Monitoring

• Reuse of Technology – Frogs, Birds

• Hawaii K12 Critter Crawl – October 2012

• USGS Support for Social Media/Mobile

Acknowledgements

• Community for Data Integration

• BISON Team – Stinger Guala, Ben Wheeler, Annie Simpson, Elizabeth Martin

• University of Hawaii Interns – David Elies, Brylian Foronda

• Sam Droege – USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

• Citizen Science Working Group – Megan Hines, Liz Sellers, Annie Simpson et al

• John Pickering – Discover Life

• Isla Young – Maui Economic Development Board (K12 STEMworks)

MAHALO!