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Volunteered geographic information (VGI) primer

open access: yes, 2012
This guide is one in a series of Operational Policy documents being developed by GeoConnections. This guide is intended to inform CGDI stakeholders about the nature and scope of VGI and the realities, challenges and good practices of related operational policies.
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Matching authority and VGI road networks using an extended node-based matching algorithm [PDF]

open access: gold, 2015
Ehsan Abdolmajidi   +3 more
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Visualisation and Communication of VGI Quality

open access: yes, 2017
The flourishing of VGI projects has transformed the average web user into an eager geographic data user and contributor. As it is difficult for the crowd to perceive VGI quality, visualisation can play a critical role in communicating data quality.
openaire   +2 more sources

Maps, volunteered geographic information (VGI) and the spatio-discursive construction of nature

open access: yesDigital Geography and Society, 2022
J. Astaburuaga   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Volunteered geographic information use in crisis, emergency and disaster management: a scoping review and a web atlas

open access: yesGeo-spatial Information Science
Nowadays, an increasing number of crises worldwide, triggered by climate extremes, natural and human-made hazards, the coronavirus pandemic, and more, pose a high pressure on crisis, emergency, and disaster management.
Katerina Tzavella   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The three levels of the urban digital divide: Bridging issues of coverage, usage and its outcomes in VGI platforms

open access: yesGeoforum, 2021
Daniela Ferreira   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Semantic integration of authoritative and VGI

open access: yes, 2013
Presentation given at ACTIVITY workshop (AGILE 2013 Conference).
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Combining VGI with Viewsheds for Photo Tag Suggestion

open access: yes, 2012
In this research we attempt to develop an improved method for tagging of digital photos, making the tagging process simpler and more accurate for users, and thus ultimately increasing the quality of the VGI data as a whole. Our method combines Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in the form of tags on photo sharing websites (such as Flickr and ...
Köbben, B., Huisman, O., Lin, HsiangHsu
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Evaluating reputation in VGI-enabled applications

open access: yes, 2017
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) is an approach to crowdsource information about geospatial objects around us, as implemented in Open Street Map, Google Map Maker and WikiMapia projects. The value of this content has been recognized by both researchers and organizations for acquiring free, timely and detailed spatial data versus standard ...
Gusmini, Marco   +4 more
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