INaturalist

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iNaturalist
Web address inaturalist.org
Commercial? No
Type of site Citizen science
Registration required
Available language(s) English, Spanish
Owner iNaturalist, LLC [1]
Launched 2008 (2008)[1]
Current status Online

iNaturalist is an online community of naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists built on the concept of mapping and sharing observations of biodiversity across the globe. Observations may be added via the website or from a mobile application.[2][3] The observations provide valuable open data to a variety of scientific research projects, museums, botanic gardens, parks, and other organizations.[4][5]

History

iNaturalist.org began in 2008 as a UC Berkeley School of Information Master's final project of Nate Agrin, Jessica Kline, and Ken-ichi Ueda.[1] Nate Agrin and Ken-ichi Ueda continued work on the site with Sean McGregor, a web developer. In 2011, Ueda began collaboration with Scott Loarie, a research fellow at Stanford University and lecturer at UC Berkeley. Ueda and Loarie founded iNaturalist, LLC and are the current co-directors of iNaturalist.org.

Participation

As of 7 August 2013 (2013-08-07), the iNaturalist community consisted of more than 17,000 users contributing over 338,000 observations[6] of plants, animals, and other organisms worldwide. Users have created and contributed to nearly 1000 different projects,[4] spanning hundreds of themes. A few project examples include taxa- and location-specific bioblitzes, roadkill observations, animal tracks, and documenting the spread of invasive species.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "About". 5 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ "iNaturalist application (iTunes Store)". 25 June 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013. 
  3. ↑ "iNaturalist application (Google Play)". 4 June 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Projects". 7 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Encyclopedia of Life and iNaturalist work together to support citizen science". 18 June 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Observations". 7 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013. 

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