Open Litter Map: Challenging Plastic Pollution with Open Data | Sean Lynch | TEDxTallaght

OpenLitterMap.com is a web-based Citizen Science game that enables anyone to map, reveal, communicate and resolve litter (e.g. cigarette butts, plastic bottles etc.) anywhere on the globe using any device- just log in! Users can submit geotagged images and tag litter to gain experience points, Level Up and compete in multiple different leaderboards if they choose to go public. In 2010 alone, it is estimated that between 8-20 million tonnes of plastic made its way into the ocean, which is expected to rise to ~70 million tonnes annually by 2025 assuming current trends continue (Jambeck et al. 2015). The most realistic way of counteracting this is by opening up basic geospatial data (co-ordinates, time-stamp and litter data), which OpenLitterMap facilitates by design. All data from OpenLitterMap is mapped in hyper-spatial resolution, geospatially, quantitatively and categorically analysed and free to download by anyone. OpenLitterMap.com is a web-based Citizen Science game that enables anyone to map, reveal, communicate and resolve litter (e.g. cigarette butts, plastic bottles etc.) anywhere on the globe using any device- just log in! Users can submit geotagged images and tag litter to gain experience points, Level Up and compete in multiple different leaderboards if they choose to go public. In 2010 alone, it is estimated that between 8-20 million tonnes of plastic made its way into the ocean, which is expected to rise to ~70 million tonnes annually by 2025 assuming current trends continue (Jambeck et al. 2015). The most realistic way of counteracting this is by opening up basic geospatial data (co-ordinates, time-stamp and litter data), which OpenLitterMap facilitates by design. All data from OpenLitterMap is mapped in hyper-spatial resolution, geospatially, quantitatively and categorically analysed and free to download by anyone.
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