https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/crowdsourcing/ Recent content in Crowdsourcing on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-09-self-hosted-citizen-science-platforms-inaturalist-pybossa-panoptes/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-09-self-hosted-citizen-science-platforms-inaturalist-pybossa-panoptes/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Citizen science transforms public curiosity into research data at scale. From identifying wildlife in camera trap photos to transcribing historical documents to classifying galaxy shapes, distributed volunteer networks have become essential to modern scientific research. But running a citizen science project requires a platform — a web application where volunteers contribute observations, perform classifications, and collaborate with researchers.</p>