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Crowdsourcing By: Pete Gross
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What is it?
Receiving information by asking people to contribute
People do it for a fee or free
Term created in 2005
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Why Crowdsource?
Ability to get a lot of information
Ability to get information form all over the world
Think how many people have smart phones
Ability to help other people out
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Waze
• Uses GPS• Gather real-time data
• traffic
• accidents
• police
• road hazards
• traffic cameras
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Sit or Squat
Uses GPS
Provides list of public restrooms
Users rate cleanliness
Sit
Squat
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PlacemeterEarn $50/month
Uses old phone
Suction-cup to window
View outside
Collects data about
pedestrian traffic
vehicle traffic
Data used by marketers
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Stereopublic
Uses GPS
Records surrounding noise for 30 seconds
Provides ability to find quite spot in City
iOS Only
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GrasswireCross references news
Users employ social media to make sure story is true
Uses the crowd as a giant fact checker
Android only
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OpenSignal
Uses GPS
Builds a picture of mobile phone network
Provides true data signal quality of the carrier
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Weather Signal
Uses Smart Phones sensors
Gathers info about
temperature
pressure
light
humidity
Uses GPS
Smart Phones are mini-weather stations!
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Other Examples of Using the crowd
Crowdfunding
Crowdsearching