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ExCiteS Data Collection Suite
Michalis Vitos
Julia Altenbuchner
ExCiteS Research Group
ExCiteS is UCL’s interdisciplinary group that develops … • Theories
• Tools
• Methodologies
… to enable any community anywhere to engage and participate in Citizen Science.
Our challenge is to provide non-literate indigenous people with tools that empower them to take action, and protect their local environment and way of life.
Challenges
• Illiteracy & education
– Language
– Cultural differences
– Technology
– Maps
• Lack of network connectivity
• Lack of electricity
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Component Architecture
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Project Definition
User Interface
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User Interface
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Data Transmission via SMS and/or Wi-Fi/GPRS/3G
• Efficient use of limited space
(1 SMS = 160 7-bit characters = 140 Bytes)
• Chaining of multiple SMS messages (“transmissions”)
• Compression (GZIP, LZMA) & Encryption (AES)
• (Optional) flight-mode cycling to preserve power
• Dropbox upload for media files
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Challenge: device interface
ExCiteS Launcher
ExCiteS Launcher Settings
Future work
• Allow the creation of traditional forms: – Text inputs – Checkboxes – Radio buttons
• Build web-based design tool – decision tree – forms
• Data visualisation tools for illiterate users – maps – charts
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References
Thank you for your attention. Any questions?
Lewis et al. (2007). “Logging in the Congo Basin: What hope for indigenous peoples’ resources and their environments?”. In: Indigenous Affairs 4/06, pp. 8–15.
Lewis et al. (2012). “Accessible technologies and FPIC: independent monitoring with forest communities in Cameroon”. In: Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and consent (PLA 65), pp. 151–165.
Vitos, Stevens, Lewis & Haklay (2013). “Making local knowledge matter. Supporting non-literate people to monitor poaching in Congo”. 3rd Annual ACM Symposium on Computing for Development (ACM DEV 2013; Jan. 11-12, 2013, Bangalore, India).
Stevens, Vitos, Lewis & Haklay (2013). “Participatory monitoring of poaching in the Congo basin”. 21st GIS Research UK conference (GISRUK 2013, April 2-5, 2013, Liverpool, UK).
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