Crowdsourcing 'scenic' ratings for

London

This week, instead of telling you about previous research, we’ll be working with you to carry out a new study!

In previous work we found evidence that people who live in more scenic environments report their health to be better.

Our conclusions drew on crowdsourced data from an online game, Scenic-or-Not, where people rated photos that had been taken all across the UK.

However, it would be great to get a more detailed insight into our relationship with the aesthetics of the environment in cities, where so many of us live. To get started on this journey, we’ve put together a new game which will show you pictures taken in many locations across London, the UK capital. With your help, we can identify London’s most scenic spots, and create a more detailed picture of how the aesthetics of the urban environment vary within the city.

To complete this exercise, we’d like to ask you to rate at least 20 photographs which have been taken all over London, to tell us how scenic you think they are. Click on this link to start.

Next week, we’ll show you the data you’ve all crowdsourced.