The power of citizen science to contribute to both science and society is gaining increased
recognition, particularly in physics and biology. Although there is a long history of public …

Abstract The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a vision for achieving a
sustainable future. Reliable, timely, comprehensive, and consistent data are critical for …

Citizen Science (CS) projects vary greatly. The aims and goals of a CS project determine the
type of citizen involvement and the tools to be used, which in most cases also entail …

Citizen Science (CS) and crowdsourcing are two potentially valuable sources of data for
Earth Observation (EO), which have yet to be fully exploited. Research in this area has …

We present a comprehensive review of the current status of remotely sensed and in situ sea
ice, ocean, and land parameters acquired over the Arctic and Antarctic and identify current …

Recent advances in Earth Observation (EO) placed Citizen Science (CS) in the highest
position, declaring their essential provision of information in every discipline that serves the …

Participatory urban observatories can potentially improve transparency in infrastructure
governance, offer opportunities for residents' engagement, and amplify the voice of …

With the growth of the Internet, crowdsourcing has become a popular way to perform
intelligence tasks that hitherto would be either performed internally within an organization or …

Geocrowdsourcing (geoCS) refers to a quite new phenomenon in geoinformatics, whereby
citizens voluntarily collect, maintain and visualize different types of spatial data that might be …

Change detection in satellite images is a key concern of the Earth Observation field for
environmental and climate change monitoring. Satellite images also provide important clues …