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Research Project: Science and Technologies for the Sustainable Management of Western Rangeland Systems

Location: Range Management Research

Title: Quantifying data quality in citizen science

Author
item Salley, Shawn

Submitted to: Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/31/2019
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Global availability of GPS-enabled smart phones has led to an explosion of applications connecting users access to information systems. These data capture apps with web database backends have the potential to increase awareness and understanding of soils, access to soil information, and contribute to improvement of soil map. The delivery of soils information relies both on the quality and accuracy of user inputs, which are often difficult quantify. Here we present recent steps by the Land Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) to ensure high data quality of user observational data. By enacting data quality standards, we believe that LandPKS will more successfully allow easier access to and the collection of soil information through citizen science projects which has great potential to increase support and understanding of soil science and produce a more scientifically literate public.