Mazumdar, S., Wrigley, S.N. and Ciravegna, F. (2017) Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing for Earth Observations: An Analysis of Stakeholder Opinions on the Present and Future. Remote Sensing, 9 (1). 87. ISSN 2072-4292
Abstract
The impact of Crowdsourcing and citizen science activities on academia, businesses, governance and society has been enormous. This is more prevalent today with citizens and communities collaborating with organizations, businesses and authorities to contribute in a variety of manner, starting from mere data providers to being key stakeholders in various decision-making processes. The ‘Crowdsourcing for observations from Satellites’ project is a recently concluded study supported by demonstration projects funded by European Space Agency (ESA). The objective of the project was to investigate the different facets of how crowdsourcing and citizen science impacts upon the validation, use and enhancement of Observations from Satellites (OS) products and services. This paper presents our findings in a stakeholder analysis activity involving participants who are experts in crowdsourcing, citizen science for Earth Observations. The activity identified three critical areas that needs attention by the community and also provides suggestions to potentially help in addressing some of the challenges identified.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Authors, 2017. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Crowdsourcing; citizen science; stakeholder analysis; earth observations; observations from satellites |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, FRANCE 4000113232/15/F/MOS |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2017 15:04 |
Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2017 16:30 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9010087 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/rs9010087 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:110429 |