Abecker, AndreasZacharias, Valentinde Melo Borges, JulioKnetsch, GerlindeZacharias, Ute2019-09-202019-09-202012https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/27729We present the idea of Participatory Sensing which is a Crowdsourcing approach where people use mobile sensors and their mobile phones or tablet PCs for data transfer in order to collect data for some dedicated purpose. After a comprehensive Participatory Sensing definition and a review of applications for nature conservation and environmental protection, we sketch elements of a generic software framework and the current implementation status of the PartSense project.Text/Conference Paper