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    {"title" :"USGS Picture Puzzle: Do You See Changes to the Coast?","summary" : "If you are a coastal resident, go to the beach, or are interested in digital volunteering, you can be a tremendous help in identifying and classifying changes that storms make to our coast after severe storms. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has launched iCoast, a Web application where you can view aerial photographs and help classify","date" : "2014-09-22T10:00:21-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"tammi-marcoullier" : "Tammi Marcoullier"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-22-usgs-picture-puzzle-do-you-see-changes-to-the-coast.md","slug" : "usgs-picture-puzzle-do-you-see-changes-to-the-coast","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/22/usgs-picture-puzzle-do-you-see-changes-to-the-coast/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/09/250-x-355-NJ%5c_Loc3%5c_Mantoloking_Breach-lg.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Before and after photos, New Jersey, Mantoloking Breach\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are a coastal resident, go to the beach, or are interested in digital volunteering, you can be a tremendous help in identifying and classifying changes that storms make to our coast after severe storms.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has launched \u003ca href=\"http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/icoast\" title=\"USGS iCoast\"\u003eiCoast\u003c/a\u003e, a Web application where you can view aerial photographs and help classify them. The iCoast Team explains:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are looking for online volunteers to classify photos taken before and after Hurricane Sandy, and particularly targeting people with different kinds of coastal expertise, disaster skills, and volunteer interests. More background information on iCoast is available in this \u003ca href=\"http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/usgs-icoast-did-the-coast-change\"\u003eUSGS Top Story article\u003c/a\u003e and on the \u003ca href=\"http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/icoast/about.php\"\u003eAbout page of iCoast\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncreasingly, federal agencies are tapping into the expertise of diverse crowds to advance scientific goals. USGS believes that citizen contributions can help scientists improve the accuracy of \u003ca href=\"http://marine.usgs.gov/coastalchangehazardsportal/\" title=\"coastal change prediction models\"\u003ecoastal change prediction models\u003c/a\u003e and vulnerability assessments that support pre-storm planning and post-storm rescue, recovery and mitigation efforts.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe images in iCoast are a unique educational tool for anyone who wants to learn about coastal hazards. Students can utilize problems solving skills acquired in “\u003ca href=\"http://www.spotthedifference.com/\"\u003espot the difference\u003c/a\u003e” games to identify changes in our coasts due to hurricanes.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"sign up with icoast\" href=\"http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/icoast/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSign up\u003c/a\u003e as a digital volunteer, classify a few photos, and help spread the word to your colleagues, students, friends, and family. Email address is required and the program asks for you to share your area of interest and expertise. For those who are tech savvy, explore \u003ca href=\"http://github.com/usgs/icoast\"\u003eiCoast open-source project on GitHub\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions about this photo analysis project should be directed to \u003ca href=\"mailto:sophialiu@usgs.gov\"\u003esophialiu@usgs.gov\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"mailto:icoast@usgs.gov\"\u003eicoast@usgs.gov\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cem\u003eSee more ways that federal agencies are using crowdsourcing and competitions to work with the most creative, brilliant minds in our communities, go to \u003ca href=\"https://challenge.gov/\" title=\"challenge dot gov\"\u003eChallenge.gov\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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