Data Quality & Data Validation

Data quality is very an essential aspect of Citizen Science and public engagement projects - a range of advanced features on SPOTTERON aim to improve the quality of user submissions & make data management more easy.

Check & Lock Data Tool

Admins and Moderator Users can validate and check in data points for a stable project data-set

Community Data Validation

Activating the help of the community for data validation & data quality

Moderator Users

Multi-level user rights for in-App data administration and support

Two-level Validation Data Export

Community-based validation scores and Admin/Moderator Check-ins are separately represented in the Data Export.

Spot Edit Mode

Users can edit their spots to correct data, change the classification, or correct errors.

Data Flagging

Users can flag data points to highlight Spots for the project's administration team.

User Roles

Flexible system for having different input options based on project User Roles and the possibility for Moderator users

Location Correctness Support

Integrated UI Elements for supporting correct GEO coordinates when making contributions

Short News

  • New study from BiciZen project: "BiciZen: Lessons in the Development of a Crowdsourcing Mobile App to Make Cities More Bikeable" published in Journal of Participatory Research Methods. More studies available under the publication page here.

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  • Roadkill project has made wonderful short videos for the citizen scientists! The videos include the Roadkill App functions regarding how to confirm & comment on the spots and how to best take the photos for the project. The videos (in German) are available in the "Österreich forscht" blog here. 

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