Observation.org

Observation.org is a worldwide website that naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists use to collect, verify and share biodiversity observations. Observation.org may be accessed via its website or from its mobile applications like ObsIdentify. The Observation.org database holds more than 238 million nature statistics and almost 82 million photos.[1] It is published and hosted in the Netherlands under Dutch and European law by the non-profit foundation Observation International.[2]

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Area servedWorldwide
Websiteobservation.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Launched2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Current statusActive

Data quality

The data Observation.org provides is managed by confirmed experts responsible for verifying the observations.[3] A variety of tools, such as artificial intelligence use this data in managing this extensive information. However, human experts retain final authority in all of the validations.[4][5]

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References

  1. "Statistics". Observation.org. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  2. "Observation International". observation-international.org. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  3. "Validation". Observation.org. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  4. Van Eupen, Camille; Maes, Dirk; Herremans, Marc; Swinnen, Kristijn R.R.; Somers, Ben; Luca, Stijn (2021-03-15). "The impact of data quality filtering of opportunistic citizen science data on species distribution model performance". Ecological Modelling. 444. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109453. hdl:1854/LU-8693490.
  5. "Biodiversitätsdaten, Citizen Science und Online-Erfassungssysteme" (PDF). ANLiegen Natur (in Deutsch). 43. Retrieved 2023-12-25.

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