National Geographic FieldScope: A Collaboratory Geospatial Platform for Citizen Science

摘要

We describe National Geographic Field Scope, an online platform for Citizen Science projects. The platform is designed to overcome several obstacles to the wider adoption of Citizen Science in science education, by providing technical infrastructure to Citizen Science projects at little to no cost, and by enabling learners to participate in the full scientific process by analyzing the data they collect. We describe the current state of the software and our plans for future development.