A Progressive Web App Template for Citizen Science Projects Involving Spatial Data Collection

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) plays an important role in citizen science, facilitating citizen participation and communication. ICT-based citizen science projects are mostly developed within existing platforms, based on existing frameworks/open-source template, or completely from scratch. Limited human and financial resources for technical development make it difficult for many citizen science projects to develop applications completely from scratch. On the other hand, existing open-source template are often topic- or project-specific, and ready-to-adjust templates are often unavailable. This study aims to create an open-source PWA template for citizen science projects involving spatial data collection based on the existing code of the BAYSICS web portal. It is expected that the outcome will serve as a basis for other citizen science projects and includes the necessary features while offering full flexibility to develop their own applications.