Collect Field Data
Step 1: Follow field protocols
- Join a project - join our growing network of citizen scientists!
- Follow your project protocols.
- No project protocols? Mapping plants? Follow our recommended plant protocols.
Step 2: Choose your method
- Print your project data entry forms to fill out in the field.
- Use our software with your PDA to download and use data entry forms.
- Use your own paper notebook to take out with you in the field.
Step 3: Submit Data
- Use online project data entry forms.
- No data entry forms? No problem. Use our general online reporting form.
- Use our map application to 'click on the map' to add sighting!
Notes
We offer software to help citizen scientists and researchers alike collect field data efficiently. Our software is free, easy to use, and directly interfaces with our database. Project managers can tailor data entry forms for their specific mapping needs. These forms may be downloaded to a PDA unit. They may contain selected species and attributes of interest to your unique citizen science monitoring project
To report a new sighting, you may use our online reporting form, or you may use our any of the field tools above that allow you to directly upload the data you collected in the field. The online reporting form will require you to login and be a contributor on at least one project. You will need to select a project to assign the new sighting to, report the species, it's location, and the date it was found.