The Common Loon Citizen Science Project in Glacier National Park is currently dealing with an uneven distribution of citizen scientists and the over involvement of staff. In order to mitigate this uneven distribution of citizen scientists, our group was asked to develop a tool that would allow citizen scientists to redirect their focus based on the number of surveys at different lakes. Our group developed a mapping application that displays basic information about the different lakes in the park so that citizen scientists can efficiently plan out their survey sites, decreasing the involvement of the staff and promoting a more even distribution of data points throughout the park’s lakes.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Lavigne, Danielle
• Chaves, Seth James
• Youngs, Molly Willow
• Lang, Kyle Robert

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-100919-215259

Keyword

• Technology and Environment

Advisor

• Bianchi, Frederick W.

Year

• 2019

Center

• Glacier National Park, Montana Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Glacier National Park

Date created

• 2019-10-09

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright