Hecht, Robert
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Danke, Tabea
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Herold, Hendrik
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Hudson, Polly
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Munke, Martin
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Rieche, Theodor
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Colouring Cities: A Citizen Science Platform for Knowledge Production on the Building Stock - Potentials for Urban and Architectural History
Beschreibung:
Colouring Cities is an open digital platform that enables the collaborative collection and visualization of building data. The platform provides a unique opportunity to collect spatial information on the characteristics, performance, and evolution of building stocks, thereby bridging existing data gaps and supporting sustainable urban development. By harnessing the power of crowdsourcing, Colouring Cities allows researchers, architects, and urban planners to gather spatial information in a more efficient and cost-effective manner than traditional methods. The user-friendly interface and comprehensive data management capabilities make Colouring Cities a valuable citizen science platform, empowering everyone to collect, collate, visualize and share data. The paper reports on the platform and the worldwide activities as well as experiences in two case studies, Colouring London (UK) and Colouring Dresden (Germany). It highlights the platform’s potential for knowledge production and transfer in urban and architectural history research, as well as digital humanities. While there is a need for further technical development and research on the impact of citizen science, the platform demonstrates great potential in these fields.