The context is the URBANGENE project which aims at estimating the impact of urbanization on biodiversity using genetic information. The paper discusses the opportunities to involve citizens in a conservation process through the development of a participatory platform based on user-friendly, specially adapted and reusable crowdsourcing tools.
Title
A participatory WebGIS platform to support biodiversity inventory in the Geneva cross-border area
Published in
Proceedings of the 3rd Open Source Geospatial Research & Education Symposium OGRS 2014
Series
SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY
Volume
3
Pages
143-148
Conference
Third Open Source Geospatial Research & Education Symposium (OGRS 2014), Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland, June 10-13, 2014.
Date
2014
Publisher
Aalto, Aalto University
ISBN
978-952-60-5706-4
Record creation date
2014-07-24