Observation.org
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Observation.org is a worldwide platform of naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists to collect, validate and share biodiversity observations. Observation.org may be accessed via its website or from its mobile applications like ObsIdentify or Observation. By 2026, the database has grown to include over 314 million nature observations of 145,595 species, supported by 138 million photos contributed by 584,000 users. It is published and hosted in the Netherlands under Dutch and European law by the non-profit foundation Observation International.
Key facts
- Website.name
- Observation.org
- Website.logo
- Obs-logo-observation-org.svg
- Website.screenshot
- Observation-org-screenshot-home-2023-12-19-09-42-48.png
- Website.commercial
- No
- Website.type
- Citizen science
- Website.area_served
- Worldwide
- Website.registration
- Optional
- Website.current_status
- Active
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2015
- Location
- Leiden, The Netherlands
- Also known as
- Observado.org, Observation.org, Observations.be, Waarneming.nl, Waarnemingen.be
- Status
- Active
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- online database
- Country
- Netherlands
- Official website
- observation.org
- Image
- Observation-org-screenshot-home-2023-12-19-09-42-48.png
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- Commons category
- Observation.org
- inception
- 2004-00-00
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Quality assurance
- Open data
- Use of Observation.org data
- Public perception
- International names
- References
- External links
Observation.org is a worldwide platform of naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists to collect, validate and share biodiversity observations. Observation.org may be accessed via its website or from its mobile applications like ObsIdentify or Observation. By 2026, the database has grown to include over 314 million nature observations of 145,595 species, supported by 138 million photos contributed by 584,000 users. It is published and hosted in the Netherlands under Dutch and European law by the non-profit foundation Observation International.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Observation.org” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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