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 adpated and reusable crowdsourcing tools.
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Title
A participatory WebGIS platform to support biodiversity inventory in the Geneva cross-border area
Author(s)
Joost, Stéphane (Laboratory of Geographical Information Systems (LASIG), School of Architecture, Civil and Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland) Baumann, Raphaël (School of Engineering and Management Vaud, HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland) Ertz, Olivier (School of Engineering and Management Vaud, HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland) Ingensand, Jens (School of Engineering and Management Vaud, HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland) Widmer, Ivo (Laboratory of Geographical Information Systems (LASIG), School of Architecture, Civil and Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland) Rappo, Daniel (School of Engineering and Management Vaud, HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland)
Date
2014-06
Published in
Proceedings of the 3rd Open Source Geospatial Research Education Symposium, 10-13 June 2014, Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland
Volume
pp. 143-148
Publisher
Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland, 10-13 June 2014
Pagination
6 p.
Presented at
Third Open Source Geospatial Research & Education Symposium ( OGRS), Espoo, Finland, 2014-06-10, 2014-06-13