SPOTTERON

The hype continues: millions of people worldwide are taking their smartphones, go out and hunt down virtual spieces called Pokemons. And those people are not just the hard core gamers or the pokemon fans out there - the phenomon reaches out far.

Throwback Thursday for #ECSA2016,
and there are new projects in SPOTTERON!

The idea for SPOTTERON was born during a hiking trip after we discovered wild littering in an otherwise pristine forest. The devastating sight set our brain cells in motion and, four years and thousands of hours of passionate work, a platform for Citizen Science has emerged.

Citizen Science Experience

Citizen Science has a lot of potentials if done right. We believe that the symbiosis of scientific or environmental goals with those amazing high-tech computers and sensors each of us carries around in our pockets every day can help not only scientific research but also the way people recognize and care about their surroundings. By their ongoing involvement, Citizen Scientists become part of something much bigger - a growing and curious community.

Goals

Through its conceptual accessibility, we now can keep the running costs for a complete service for the projects as low as possible. Our long-term goal is to provide this always-maintained and ever-improved system to Citizen Science, Environment Conservation and Social Projects worldwide as a professional and reliable service. At the same time, we are also keeping the users in mind and fostering community growth and interaction between citizens and scientists.

Citizen Science for Everyone

With funding programmes like Horizon Europe by the European Union, global warming, sustainability and public engagement stand in the focus. We at SPOTTERON are happy and proud to contribute to the fulfilment of the goal to tackle future problems and increase awareness - not only at people who are already connected to science but to immerse a broader audience into environment observation and social change. Imagine the power Citizen Science and Community Empowerment has if it becomes a daily trait for all of us. Imagine how the world would change.

Apps for Change

With user-oriented Citizen Science Apps and a wide range of interactive features, this can become a reality. On SPOTTERON, we work on achieving this goal by fostering collaboration and a "Feature Ecosystem", which allows Citizen Science projects to build on each other and reach new ways of interaction and innovation.

SPOTTERON builds upon this vision of an ongoing collaboration between Citizen Science project, designers, developers and also the Citizen Scientists to create the Citizen Science toolkit of the future - because Citizen Science itself is all about working together, too.

Are you a researcher, project team, stakeholder or organisation?
Let's start a collaboration and increase the impact of Citizen Science together:

Contact us

Since 2014, we are providing services for science projects and institutions with a strong focus on design, technical professionality and reliablity. Trusted by universities, institutions and stakeholders across Europe and beyond, we are creating custom online solutions for science and Citizen Science applications.

Currently in Barcelona, Spain, the yearly European Citizen Science Association summit is taking place. As not only an interested person in science and ecology but also as founder of SPOTTERON, events like this always result in following the various posts, tweets and streams online the whole days. At #ecsabcn In her keynote, Libby Hepborn from the Australian Citizen Science Association mentioned a something, which immediatly grabbed my attention.

@CSAustria also tweeted that statement:
"Libby Hepburn @CitSciOZ would like a "tripadvisor" for #citizenscience tools."

For the Viennese Elections 2015, the project WEVO was running as a participatory tool with the integration of citizen feedback to politics. Citizens were able to post observations about the daily life in the city of Vienna, categorize and rate their sightings and automatically submit these observations to the various parties available for election.

Here you can find screenshots from SPOTTERON projects, directly taken from the smartphone installations.

Project ROADKILL

Screenshots from the citizen science app "Project Roadkill" on Android

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NaturVerrückt

Screenshots from the citizen science app "NaturVerrückt" on Android

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Besides the communication and interaction functionalities, the SPOTTERON Community Pack also features a direct messaging tool for all Citizen Science projects. You can send short messages with push notifications directly to the smartphones of the Citizen Scientists in your app, to inform them directly about project updates, outcomes or other news.