CoastSnap - changing coasts
CoastSnap is a global citizen science project to capture our changing coastlines
CoastSnap is a global citizen science project to capture our changing coastlines
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CoastSnap is a global citizen science project to capture our changing coastlines. No matter where you are in the world, if you have a smartphone and an interest in the coast, we welcome you to participate!
CoastSnap relies on repeat photos at the same location to track how the coast is changing over time due to processes such as storms, rising sea levels, human activities and other factors. Using a specialised technique known as photogrammetry, CoastSnap turns your photos into valuable coastal data that is used by coastal scientists to understand and forecast how coastlines might change in the coming decades. Photogrammetry enables the position of the coastline to be pinpointed from your snaps to an accuracy similar to that of professional coastal survey teams. All we ask is that you take the photos at the same location (by using one of our official CoastSnap camera cradles or a do-it-yourself adaptation) and record the precise photo time in the App. The more photos we have of a particular site, the better our understanding becomes of how that coastline is changing over time.
CoastSnap is running on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science platform.
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Version History
Releasing updates every 4 months on average. Last update 113 days ago.
* Major platform upgrade to SPOTTERON 4.0
* New Ranking Page for most updated spots.
* New Upload System for background streaming
* Better push messages with media
* Bug fixes and improvements.
* You can now give your Spot a custom name.
* Message Boards: you can now get into conversations with others on their user profiles by posting comments or replying to answers.
* Push Notifications for Comment Replies: stay informed by receiving a push message when someone posts a reply to you
* New, improved look of your User Profile and Spot Collection
* Bug fixes and improvements.
* You can now give your Spot a custom name.
* Message Boards: you can now get into conversations with others on their user profiles by posting comments or replying to answers.
* Push Notifications for Comment Replies: stay informed by receiving a push message when someone posts a reply to you
* New, improved look of your User Profile and Spot Collection
* Bug fixes and improvements.
* Message Boards: you can now get into conversations with others on their user profiles by posting comments or replying to answers.
* Push Notifications for Comment Replies: stay informed by receiving a push message when someone posts a reply to you
* Bug fixes and improvements.
* The Citizen Science App is now available in two new languages: Catalan and Galician
* Bug fixes and improvements.
* New Field: You can now enter the name of a location when adding a Spot
* New Feature: Download all images of a Spot as a zip package to your device
* New Feature: Top Spots are listed on top of the nearby-locations suggestions
* Bug fixes and improvements
* New languages: French, Portuguese, Dutch & Spanish
* Mention other users in comments by writing @Username. The person mentioned gets a notification in newsfeed
* Make text stand out by writing ** something ** in bold or * something * in italics
* New Data Visualization Interface: heat map view & dot map view of data
* New button for easier spot updates
* Detection of existing metadata (time & place) in photos when uploading them from your photo album for use in spot
* Bug fixes & improvements
Hotfix: update to mandatory fields in Add Spot dialogue
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