Crowdsourced image analysis platform

A crowdsourced search and locate platform, comprising:

• an application server coupled to a digital packet network;
• and
• a client interface application operating on a network-attached computer and coupled to the application server;
• wherein the application server:
• (a) receives connections from a plurality of crowdsourcing participants;
• (b) navigates a first crowdsourcing participant to a specific geospatial location;
• (c) sends an image corresponding to the geospatial location to the first crowdsourcing participant;
• and
• (d) receives tagging data from the first crowdsourcing participant, the tagging data corresponding to a plurality of objects and locations identified by the first crowdsourcing participant;
• and
• wherein the client interface application:
• (e) displays a high resolution image of a first geographical location for which crowdsourced object tagging is needed;
• (f) displays a plurality of tagging icons corresponding to objects that may be tagged within the first geographical location;
• (g) displays a navigation minimap showing a second geographical region of which the first geographical region is a subset, and adapted to allow a user to navigate from the first geographical region to a further geographical region within the second geographical region;
• and
• (h) upon the user's selecting a cursor location at which to place a new tag corresponding to a specific object type, displays a shape surrounding the cursor location, the effective radius of which is configurable and is adapted to define a region about the cursor location within which other tags by other users are considered to be in agreement with the new tag.