EAGER - GLOBE (NSF16-031): Collaborative Research: Leveraging GLOBE student and citizen science data on the Flyover Country mobile platform for place-based, data-driven education

该项目将侧重于开发能力，以展示和可视化公民科学家和学生在地球科学移动的应用程序Flyover Country（FC）中收集的地球仪数据。此应用程序用于移动的设备，显示从公共数据库中提取的地球数据和地质图，并将此信息缓存在移动终端上以供离线使用。然后，用户可以在飞行、公路旅行或徒步旅行时访问大量精心策划的地球科学内容。除了将地球仪数据与其他数据一起展示外，该项目还将为FC开发相关的可视化和交互功能。这些功能包括：“使命”或“行动号召”，用于用户在他或她的驾驶FC路径与相对于地球仪数据代表不足的区域相交时收集地球仪观测;时间滑块，用于可视化数据点值随时间的变化（即，过去20年的地球仪数据收集）;以及一个应用程序编程接口，以改善对地球仪数据的访问。这些功能不仅对地球仪用户案例非常有用，而且对FC的所有用户和地球仪数据的潜在用户/分析员也非常有用。在FC中的地球仪数据也将受益于正在开发的新的地图可视化战略，预计FC的100 000名用户将可以使用地球仪数据。此外，还有可能开发新的练习，供计算机可能有限但移动的设备可能更容易获得的教室使用。研究人员将评估FC-with-地球仪在社区大学课堂上的使用情况，并对其他群体使用相同的评估，包括进行研究的不同本科生，K-12科学营的美洲原住民学生以及参加大学和野外营地的学生。结果将在一份或多份出版物中分享。通过将FC作为研究应用的初期发展，将地球仪计划推广到学术研究界，将提高人们对该计划作为开发有意义的更广泛影响活动的非常理想的合作伙伴的认识。

This project will focus on developing the capacity to expose and visualize GLOBE data collected by citizen scientists and students in the geoscience mobile app Flyover Country (FC). This application for mobile devices displays Earth data and geologic maps drawn from public databases, and caches this information on the mobile device for offline use. The user can then access a wealth of curated geoscience content while in flight, on a road trip, or on a hike. In addition to presenting GLOBE data alongside with other data, the project will develop associated visualization and interactivity functions for FC. These functions include a "mission" or "call to action" for the user to collect GLOBE observations if his or her driving FC path intersects a region that is underrepresented with respect to GLOBE data; a time slider to visualize changes in data point values over time (i.e., the past 20 years of GLOBE data collection); and an application programming interface to improve access to GLOBE data. These functions will be of great utility not only to the GLOBE user cases, but also to all users of FC and potential users/analysts of GLOBE data. GLOBE data in FC will also benefit from novel cartographic visualization strategies being developed.It is expected that GLOBE data will accessible to the 100,000 users of FC. In addition, there is the possibility of developing new exercises for use in classrooms where computers may be limited, but access to mobile devices may be more within reach. The investigators will assess the use of FC-with-GLOBE in the classes at a community college, and use the same assessments with other groups, including diverse undergraduate students conducting research, Native American students in K-12 science camps, and students in attending universities and field camps. The results will be shared in one or more publications. The promotion of the GLOBE Program to the academic research community, through the incipient development of FC as a research application, will raise awareness of the program as a highly desirable partner for developing meaningful broader impacts activities.