Data overview

CoastSnap is a global citizen science project to capture our changing coastlines. No matter where you are in the world, if you have a smartphone and an interest in the coast, we welcome you to participate! CoastSnap relies on repeat photos at the same location to track how the coast is changing over time due to processes such as storms, rising sea levels, human activities and other factors. Using a specialised technique known as photogrammetry, CoastSnap turns your photos into valuable coastal data that is used by coastal scientists to understand and forecast how coastlines might change in the coming decades. Photogrammetry enables the position of the coastline to be pinpointed from your snaps to an accuracy similar to that of professional coastal survey teams. All we ask is that you take the photos at the same location (by using one of our official CoastSnap camera cradles or a do-it-yourself adaptation) and record the precise photo time in the App. The more photos we have of a particular site, the better our understanding becomes of how that coastline is changing over time.

  The data of the project can be downloaded for free. For technical reasons, a user account is needed. You are not obliged to collect data yourself to be able to download the data. The following steps can be carried out here. For questions, send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Click on “Login” to login or register. If you already have an account for a citizen science project on the Spotteron platform, you can use this account to login.   On the map, navigate to your spot of interest. Click on the spot and you will see the last observation. Open the options by clicking on the three vertical dots.   Choose the option “Create Spot-Package” and confirm the download.The data of the spot (as a csv) and all images belonging to the spot get downloaded now.

Project information Project name:   CoastSnap Responsible for the project:   School of Civil and Environmental Engineering UNSW Sydney, Water Research Laboratory 110 King St, Manly Vale NSW 2093, Australia Project partners:   CoastSnap Research Network  UNSW Sydney + NSW Government (initial project founders) Project platform:   SPOTTERON GmbHCitizen Science Platformwww.spotteron.net Purpose of data processing of the app:   Saving and display of observations by users in apps and interactive maps Scientific analysis Anonymization and submitting of anonymized content to CoastSnap Research Network Data protection officers of project partners:   UNSW Sydney Contact:   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Locations of Data Savings:   • SPOTTERON Server Cloud (AWS: European Servers)• Coastsnap Research Network Servers

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Please see the drop down menus above for various options to download CoastSnap data