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TreeSnap: tree resistance conference 2018
1. TreeSnap
A citizen science project and mobile app to tag
trees for science
Tree Resistance 2018
Presented By:
Bradford Condon
@bradfordcondon
Web Developer, Postdoctoral Associate
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Ellen Crocker, Bradford Condon, Abdullah Almsaeed,
Albert Abbott, C. Dana Nelson, and Margaret Staton
4. What is Citizen Science
What makes it successful?
● Anyone can participate
● Detailed protocols to ensure
consistency
● Data can be directly applied to real
research
5. TreeSnap mobile app
● Select a tree
● Snap picture
● Answer questions
● Submit observations
and scientists will
use the data
6. ● Over 1,000 users
registered
● Over 1,700
observations
recorded
7. Partners
American Chestnut
Foundation
USDA Forest Service
Northern Research
Station
Forest Restoration
Alliance
Hemlock
Restoration Initiative
Atlanta Botanical
Garden
Forest Health
Research and
Education Center
8. TreeSnap
Philosophy
Together, we
● Create materials
○ Sampling
○ Background
● Design questions:
○ Accessibility
○ Scientific rigor
○ User experience
● Find a citizen
community
24. API to share data
with other
databases
Open source code:
https://github.com/statonlab/Treesnap-website
https://github.com/statonlab/Treesnap-mobile
API:
https://github.com/statonlab/Treesnap-website/wiki
25. TreeSnap
Tree Resistance 2018
Conclusions
● TreeSnap guides
citizens to collect the
data you need
● TreeSnap provides tools
for accessing data
● Partner with us!
● Need a different app?
Talk with us!
In case you were not on the trip yesterday….
Main goal is to allow interested, informed citizens to contribute in real tangible ways to Tree breeding and research.