Citizen science at BGS (BETA)
Our citizen science programme encourages volunteers to record observations about temporary geological exposures — GeoExposures — or geological hazards (such as a landslides or flooding).
You don't have to be a qualified scientist to post information; you just need to know where the event or observation is located.
You can upload photos, web or video links, or a simple text description of what you have observed.
We would like you to share your evidence of landslides, flooding or rock exposures at britishgeologicalsurvey.crowdmap.com
Users will be able to see their information as well as viewing observations from other contributors. Note: there is a short delay before uploads are visible.
What is citizen science?
Citizen science is a term used for projects in which individual volunteers or networks of volunteers, many of whom may have no specific scientific training, perform or manage research-related tasks such as observation, measurement, or computation.
The use of citizen science networks often allows scientists to accomplish research objectives more feasibly than would otherwise be possible. In addition, these projects aim to promote public engagement with the research, as well as with science in general.
How does it work?
- Open the crowdmap deployment by clicking on the link below
- Click on the SUBMIT A REPORT link at the top right of the page
- Enter as much information about the observation as possible
- Enter the location of the observation in latitude and longitude. If you only know the position in British national grid format, use the BGS coordinate conversion tool to convert your grid reference to latitude and longitude, or click on the map to place a pin
- Upload photos of up to 2MB or attach web or video links
- Click 'Submit'
Smartphone users
Smartphone users can send reports to GeoExposures using the Ushahidi Android App or iPhone App through the App store or iTunes.
Set the Ushahidi deployment you wish to interact with to: http://britishGeologicalSurvey.crowdmap.com
Terms and conditions
By uploading and depositing photos or materials on to the crowdmap.com site, you, as depositor, do so on the understanding they may be used/re-used by others accessing the crowdmap.com site.
By depositing photos and materials you take full responsibility:
- to ensure that they are owned by you (or you have permission to do so); and
- understand that liability regarding their use/re-use may lie with you as depositor.
If there are doubts about ownership, check first before making deposit on the crowdmap.com site.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
Contact
For further information about britishGeologicalSurvey.crowdmap contact bgscitizenscience
