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Crowdsourcing": Looking at New Ways to Map Structures in Colorado
The U.S. Geological Survey is examining the restoration of its popular volunteer mapping program, The National Map Corps n...
Distributed KnowledgeEarthquake monitoring and analysis have come a long way in the last few years. In 2009, the USGS and the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) launched NetQuakes, distributing seismometers to volunteers in order to improve post-quake analysis.
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It’s not yet clear how far the earthquake spread, although an early user-generated map gives an idea of where it has been felt. On Twitter, witnesses are saying that tremors have occured as far...
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According to Loren Smith, executive director of the Buffalo Audubon Society, they are using the project as a teaching tool.
Furthermore, Smith said it's This project is a wonderful way...
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They take folks down to the stream gauge to help them learn about how water flows through our ecosystems. This project is a wonderful way to engage students and citizens in basic research that...