Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014

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Symbol M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-TT Technology & Techniques

[M-TT44_2PM1] Social media and earth and planetary sciences

Fri. May 2, 2014 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM 311 (3F)

Convener:*Kazuo Amano(Department of Environmental Sciences,Ibaraki University), Takashi Oguchi(Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo), Masaki Ito(Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo), Chair:Takashi Oguchi(Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo), Masaki Ito(Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo), Kazuo Amano(Department of Environmental Sciences,Ibaraki University)

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

[MTT44-02] Establishing Technology of Environmental Monitoring Using Social Media

*Masaki ITO1 (1.The University of Tokyo)

Keywords:Social Media, Environmental Monitoring, Crowdsourcing

This paper discuss the way to enable environmental monitoring using social media. Several existing approaches such as development of original software and utilizing crowdsourcing service are introduced with there advantages and disadvantages. Finally the author emphasizes the need of further research on theory and technology.