2009 20th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Application Information Visualization and Organization for Participatory Monitoring of Invasive Alien Species Linz, Austria August 31-September 04 ISBN: 978-0-7695-3763-4
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/DEXA.2009.85
The participation of citizen volunteers plays an important role in the control and monitoring of invasive alien species because of its potentially wide spatial and temporal coverage. To support citizen participation, an information system that presents the achievement of activities needs to be developed to enhance the motivation of participants. This challenge was discussed in the context of the capture program started in Hokkaido, Japan in 2006, for invasive alien species, Bombus terrestris, and the this program’s Website, "SeiyouStatus" (http://dias.tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/seiyou/). We start by proposing four types of views for visualizing and organizing capture records, and discuss the usage of the textual data obtained from casual communications between researchers and participants. We then illustrate an example of environment visualization, and demonstrate the importance of warning maps for illuminating high invasion risks and prioritizing actions.
Index Terms:
participatory monitoring, invasive alien species, information visualization, information organization, Web
Citation:
Asanobu Kitamoto, Miri Nakahara, Izumi Washitani, Taku Kadoya, Masaki Yasuwaka, Masaru Kitsuregawa, "Information Visualization and Organization for Participatory Monitoring of Invasive Alien Species," dexa, pp.345-349, 2009 20th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Application, 2009 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||