Applying geocaching principles to site-based citizen science and eliciting reactions via a technology probe

• Main Authors: DUNLAP, Matthew A., TANG, Anthony, GREENBERG, Saul
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Citizen science; location-dependent applications; Geocaching; Pervasive computing; Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7983; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8986/viewcontent/s00779_015_0837_0.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Site-based citizen science occurs when volunteers work with scientists to collect data at particular field locations. The benefit is greater data collection at lesser cost. Yet difficulties exist. We developed SCIENCECACHING, a prototype citizen science aid designed to mitigate four specific problem...