Zooniverse project- Measuring the Anzacs

[maeve]

Here's one new project I'm involved in as a volunteer. Others here may also find it interesting and useful: Measuring the Anzacs project

"The Measuring the ANZACs project brings together an international team of researchers, community connections around New Zealand’s military history from the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and the power of the Zooniverse community to explore, analyze, and digitize original World War I personnel files from Archives New Zealand.

Data gathered from Measuring the ANZACs will be used for three main purposes:

To create a complete and rich index of persons who served in the New Zealand military in World War I and the South African War (also called the Second Boer War).
To support academic research on the health of New Zealanders led by a team of researchers at the Universities of Minnesota, Guelph and Waikato.
To provide an ongoing platform for historical and genealogical research on NZ’s World War I soldiers by citizens and scientists around the world."

[sandrainsydney]

it's an amazing project - how did you find out about it?

sandra

[maeve]

I volunteer for many Zooniverse citizen scientist projects Sandra, and have become a moderator on one. Volunteers can sign up for emails announcing new projects- and I posted the link here the day it was announced. Somehow I knew you'd be interested.

Those of us who have little success sleeping find the Zooniverse options life- or at least sanity-saving.

[sandrainsydney]

I'm a late bird (I used to work 10-7 when some colleagues worked 7-3pm) but have at least 1 insomniac friend who might be interested.

Zooniverse

what an amazing concept

[maeve]

It's available whenever you are.

[sandrainsydney]

then advantage of the www

[ragdall]

Thanks for showing us the site, maeve. Zooniverse citizen scientist projects sounds very interesting. A much more meaningful way in which to spend sleepless hours on the computer than playing solitaire.

rags,
in a motel tonight halfway between Here and There