Abecker, AndreasBraun, SimoneKazakos, WassiliosZacharias, ValentinArndt, Hans-KnudKnetsch, GerlindePillmann, Werner2019-09-162019-09-162012https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/25974In this paper, we introduce and define the concept of Participatory Sensing (PS), we collect a number of PS applications from the area of environment protection and nature conservation, we sketch the building blocks of a generic software architecture for PS, and we report on the implementation approach and the current status of the PartSense project which aims at providing reference solutions for professional PS applications.Text/Conference Paper