Citizen Science Hack 1.17

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Description

NIWA Citizen Science App

Citizen science projects allow members of the public to work on important scientific research. NIWA’s new Citizen Science App makes this easier than ever by enabling simple data entry for science surveys.

How does the App work?
When a researcher creates a citizen science survey, it is immediately available, through the Citizen Science App.

Users can choose from a variety of surveys. Some, such as snow depth or storm assessment, will come and go during the year - others will remain year-round.

Once surveys are completed, users can see their submissions on the Citizen Science website.

Other research groups – professional or amateur – can also use this data for other scientific projects. Surveys can be restricted to specific user groups if required.

As the data set grows it will become a useful tool for scientists all over the country through NIWA’s comprehensive API.

If you're interested in finding out more, please email [email protected].

Version history

1.17

2023-03-23

Addresses an issue where locally saved surveys could be lost before uploading

1.16

2023-02-08

When a survey is submitted you can view it on the website immediately

Fixes a bug where selecting a previous survey to repeat could lose track of the survey location on the map

1.15

2022-09-06

Speed and stability improvements
The photos with location data are highlighted
Fix for selection lists that sometimes went off the top of the screen
Improved method for requesting access to location information

1.14

2022-09-05

Minor bug fixes and speed improvements

1.13

2022-03-03

Fixed two issues:
Photo taken while completing a survey are saved to the phone gallery
The custom name of a saved survey is preserved between edits

1.12

2022-02-17

If a photo is attached to a survey response and it has meta data the app will suggest updating the survey time and location to match the photo

Fixes a bug when repeating a survey after the allowable responses have changed

1.9

2021-07-07

Save time when filling in follow-up surveys by inheriting values from the last submission

1.7

2020-07-17

Faster loading of large surveys with lots of dropdown list options
Tapping on a question goes straight to the input field
Shows the name of the logged in user
Better display of GPS location on small screens

1.6

2020-07-02

New input types supported
Fixed a bug that could cause the app to act as if it were logged out

1.5

2020-06-25

Manually or automatically load previous survey points - making it easy to repeat surveys at locations without cellphone reception.
Surveys can contain default values

1.4

2020-06-13

Upload multiple saved surveys at once
A layer switcher to choose your map source

1.3

2020-05-27

Some answers are cached to reuse next time you repeat a survey
Automatically refreshes the survey list after you log in
Sign-in with Apple

1.2.15

2019-11-18

Stability improvements
Much easier selection of NZ river segments

1.1.46

2019-06-05

Stability improvements
Fixed a bug when starting a new survey
Auto saves all changes to data as you enter it
Better reporting of image uploading progress

1.0.37

2019-01-17

Better error handling if your local data becomes corrupted

1.0.33

2018-12-14

It is now easier to assign location to a survey if you saved it without one.
You can now attach multiple photos to a single answer.
There's more information about each survey available on the home page.

1.0.27

2018-12-11

Now you can attach multiple photos to a single answer
There's more information about a survey available on the home page

1.0.23

2018-12-07

It is now easier to set the location of your survey and there's better error handing if you accidentally enter invalid data.

1.0

2018-12-06