Who knew you could track climate change through crowdsourced transcription? The smart folks at the U. S. Geological Survey, that's who! The USGS North American Bird Phenology program encouraged volunteers to submit bird sightings across North America from the 1880s through the 1970s. These cards are now being transcribed into a database for analysis of migratory pattern … [Read more...] about Review: USGS North American Bird Phenology Program
Archives for May 2009
Open Source vs. Open Access
I've reached a point in my development project at which I'd like to go ahead and release FromThePage as Open Source. There are now only two things holding me back. I'd really like to find a project willing to work together with me to fix any deployment problems, rather than posting my source code on GitHub and leaving users to fend for themselves. The other problem is a more … [Read more...] about Open Source vs. Open Access