Citizen Scientists Submit More Than 100,000 Points: The U.S.
Originally shared by USGS Citizen Scientists Submit More Than 100,000 Points: The U.S. Geological Survey’s citizen science project, The National Map Corps, has reached another milestone. In less than two years, the volunteer based project, using “crowd-sourcing” techniques, has gathered more than100,000 “points” from participants. Each points represent a structure or manmade feature on a map that has been verified and updated, and then submitted to support The National Map and US Topo maps. Participants who submit points through the system can receive badges and recognition. http://on.doi.gov/1CCvW11 #USGS #citizenscience #citizenscientist #NationalMapCorps #volunteer #maps #topomap