eprintid: 14532
rev_number: 16
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datestamp: 2017-04-11 14:29:59
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Fritz, S.
creators_name: Fonte, C.C.
creators_name: See, L.
creators_id: 8130
creators_id: 8571
creators_orcid: 0000-0003-0420-8549
creators_orcid: 0000-0002-2665-7065
title: The Role of Citizen Science in Earth Observation
ispublished: pub
divisions: prog_esm
keywords: earth observation; citizen science; crowdsourcing; citizen observatories; data quality; citizen engagement
note: This article belongs to the Special Issue "Citizen Science and Earth Observation".
abstract: Citizen Science (CS) and crowdsourcing are two potentially valuable sources of data for Earth Observation (EO), which have yet to be fully exploited. Research in this area has increased rapidly during the last two decades, and there are now many examples of CS projects that could provide valuable calibration and validation data for EO, yet are not integrated into operational monitoring systems. A special issue on the role of CS in EO has revealed continued trends in applications, covering a diverse set of fields from disaster response to environmental monitoring (land cover, forests, biodiversity and phenology). These papers touch upon many key challenges of CS including data quality and citizen engagement as well as the added value of CS including lower costs, higher temporal frequency and use of the data for calibration and validation of remotely-sensed imagery. Although still in the early stages of development, CS for EO clearly has a promising role to play in the future.
date: 2017-04-11
publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
id_number: 10.3390/rs9040357
official_url: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/earth_observation
creators_browse_id: 98
creators_browse_id: 276
full_text_status: public
publication: Remote Sensing
volume: 9
number: 4
pagerange: 357
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2072-4292
projects: Harnessing the power of crowdsourcing to improve land cover and land-use information (CROWDLAND, FP7 617754)
projects: A Citizen Observatory and Innovation Marketplace for Land Use and Land Cover Monitoring (LANDSENSE, H2020 689812)
coversheets_dirty: FALSE
fp7_project: yes
fp7_project_id: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/617754/EU//CROWDLAND; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/689812/EU//LANDSENSE
fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
access_rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
citation:   Fritz, S. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/98.html> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0420-8549 <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0420-8549>, Fonte, C.C., & See, L. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/276.html> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2665-7065 <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2665-7065>  (2017).  The Role of Citizen Science in Earth Observation.   Remote Sensing 9 (4) p. 357. 10.3390/rs9040357 <https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9040357>.       
document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14532/1/remotesensing-09-00357.pdf