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iSPOT

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The Open University

iSpot is a citizen science platform aimed at helping anyone, anywhere identify anything in nature. To date, around 42,000 people have registered as iSpot users and over 390,000 observations have been made, leading to the identification of more than 24,000 species. iSpot combines learning technology with crowdsourcing, enabling beginners to conne ...

Last Update: 2020

Data reporting Data management Species populations Citizen Science Point observation Plants Mammals Reptiles Butterflies Other Invertebrates Birds Fishes Amphibians Macroinvertebrates

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iSpot is a citizen science platform aimed at helping anyone, anywhere identify anything in nature. To date, around 42,000 people have registered as iSpot users and over 390,000 observations have been made, leading to the identification of more than 24,000 species. iSpot combines learning technology with crowdsourcing, enabling beginners to connect with experts, and leading to plant and wildlife species being identified accurately. Over 94% of observations submitted to iSpot receive some sort of identification with more than half being named within an hour. Using a unique process based on an iSpot user's 'reputation', the platform motivates iSpotters to verify species and rewards them for doing so.

Contact person: Janice Ansine
Contact e-mail: janice.ansine@open.ac.uk
Contact institute: The Open University
URL(s): www.ispotnature.org
https://twitter.com/iSpotnature

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