This item has been moved to mature support. Please see What's new for more information.
Overview
Citizen Science Reporter is a configuration of the Crowdsource Reporter application that can be used by citizen scientists to report sightings of plants and animals observed in wildlife areas from a smartphone, tablet, and desktop computer. This application is typically used by environmental groups and state government organizations to deliver a web-based citizen science application.
Citizen Science Manager can be used to monitor, verify and assign reports to responsible agencies for verification.
Requirements
To deploy Citizen Science Reporter using the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool requires specific software.
| Requirement | Description |
| Software |
Solution deployment
Solution hosting
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| Applications |
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To manually deploy Citizen Science Reporter in your organization requires specific software.
| Requirement | Description |
| Software | Map authoring
GIS service hosting
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| Applications |
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What you get
Citizen Science Reporter can be deployed in your ArcGIS organization without downloading the solution. When you deploy Citizen Science Reporter in your organization, you'll find the following:
| Item | Name | Description |
| Applications | Citizen Science Reporter | An application used by citizen scientists to report sightings of plants and animals observed in wildlife areas. |
| Citizen Problem Manager | An application used by state government personnel used to monitor, verify and assign reports to responsible agencies for verification. | |
| Maps | Birds | A map used to report bird observations. |
| Amphibians | A map used to report amphibian observations. | |
| Reptiles | A map used to report reptile observations. | |
| Invasive Plants | A map used to report invasive plant observations. | |
| Mammals | A map used to report mammal observations. | |
| Manage Bird Observations | A map used to manage bird observations. | |
| Manage Amphibian Observations | A map used to manage amphibian observations. | |
| Manage Reptile Observations | A map used to manage reptile observations. | |
| Manage Invasive Plant Observations | A map used to manage invasive plant observations. | |
| Manage Mammal Observations | A map used to manage mammal observations. | |
| Feature layers | CitizenScience | A feature layer used to store citizen science observations. |
| Groups | Citizen Science Reporter | A group used to configure the Crowdsource Reporter application and share maps with citizen scientists to report sightings of plants and animals observed in wildlife areas. |
| Citizen Problem Manager | A group used to configure the Crowdsource Manager application and share maps with state government personnel who will monitor, verify and assign reports to responsible agencies for verification. |
View Applications
The Citizen Science Reporter solution includes a collection of citizen problem reporting applications.
- Take the Citizen Science Reporter application for a test drive if you'd like to see how the general public can submit non-emergency problems from a smartphone, tablet, and desktop computer.
- Take the Citizen Science Manager application for a test drive if you'd like to see how local government personnel can triage submitted problem reports and update the status of each report.
This View Application experience has been configured to help you set up a citizen science reporting application.
What's new
Below are the release notes for Citizen Science Reporter.
| Date | Description |
| February 2020 |
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| September 2018 |
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| March 2017 |
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| January 2017 |
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| December 2016 |
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| September 2016 |
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| October 2015 |
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| May 2015 |
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There is a newer version...
Citizen Science Reporter has been moved to mature support and replaced with Citizen Science.