2. Mobile Application Development Twitter Species Observation Baltimore/DC Cricket Crawl – Aug24 2012 Derek Masaki Eco-Science Synthesis National Geospatial Program dmasaki@usg.gov

3. USGS has some experience in developing Twitter based applications for earthquake monitoring (Twitter Earthquake Detector) Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform

5. Twitter Mobile - Cricket Observations Web based visualization of citizen volunteered information utilizing Twitter client and API (stream and data mining) Twitter based submission protocol Scripts to mine Twitter stream API Visualization elements – mapping, tabular output.

6. Tweets (@speciesobs) – Stream API MongoDB – Observations Web Map Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform BISON Species Observations SMS, Email, Voice

7. Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform Aug24 Cricket Crawl Event Tweets, Email, SMS, Voice Sam Droege – USGS John Pickering – Discover Life

8. 1 min. survey Could go where they wanted Call, text, twitter, email results in right from the site Headquarters processed information Map in real time (Discover Life, University of Hawaii) Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform

9. ~ 400 sites surveyed ~ 300 individuals involved ~1800 species observations Most people went out in small groups 75% came in email format, most from mobile 10% Twitter Cricket Crawl Participation

10. Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform Standard Form 8 Species 1minute Tweet/e-mail/SMS/Call Twitter Client gMail/gVoice

11. Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform Twitter Species Observation – tweet observation, recorded sound, image, location. Once reviewed and vetted, observation appears (usually within minutes) on a web available map.

12. Twitter Based Citizen Science Observation Platform 500+ participants, students, scientists, citizen naturalists. 2500+ observations.

13. Moving Forward Regional Interest – Phenology Program National Coordination – Volunteer Monitoring Reuse of Technology – Frogs, Birds Hawaii K12 Critter Crawl – October 2012 USGS Support for Social Media/Mobile

14. Acknowledgements Community for Data Integration BISON Team – Stinger Guala, Ben Wheeler, Annie Simpson, Elizabeth Martin University of Hawaii Interns – David Elies, Brylian Foronda Sam Droege – USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Citizen Science Working Group – Megan Hines, Liz Sellers, Annie Simpson et al John Pickering – Discover Life Isla Young – Maui Economic Development Board (K12 STEMworks)

15. MAHALO!