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BECOME A BEACH SCIENTIST

Download the CoastSnap App and get snapping

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Observe your coastline

Help to study climate change and its effects

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Your beach can tell stories

Get the CoastSnap App and start spotting

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Understanding climate change

Help research with your contributions

How it works

At the heart of CoastSnap is a simple stainless steel phone cradle that is installed overlooking a beach in a location that is easily accessible by the community. Using the instructional sign a beach visitor is encouraged to place their phone into the cradle, take a photo, and share it to a centralised database via the free CoastSnap App or social media using a QR code and hashtag unique to each station. This collection of community led images will provide a record of the coastline as it evolves. The technology behind CoastSnap is then capable of creating time-lapse videos and tracking the precise changes in the position of the coastline over time.

 

 

Check out the following video to find out more about the CoastSnap technology.

Download

Get the free Citizen Science App on Google Play for Android or in the Apple App Store.

Register

After the start of the app, you can register your own user account with just your eMail address.

Start!

Start observing! You are automatically logged-in after registering to add your first observation.

 

 

Download the App on your smartphone now or open the map in your browser:

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