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Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]
This open access book includes methods for retrieval, semantic representation, and analysis of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), geovisualization and user interactions related to VGI, and discusses selected topics in active participation, social ...
Dirk Burghardt +2 more
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Highlighting Current Trends in Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) is a growing area of research. This Special Issue aims to capture the main trends in VGI research based on 16 original papers, and distinguishes between two main areas, i.e., those that deal with the ...
David Jonietz +3 more
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Volunteered Geographic Information for Enhanced Marine Environment Monitoring [PDF]
The ability to detect and monitor oil spills at sea is becoming increasingly important due to the high demand of oil-based products. Remote sensing frameworks have been proven to give accurate results in case of major events; nonetheless, also medium and
Massimo Martinelli, Davide Moroni
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Volunteered and crowdsourced geographic information: the OpenStreetMap project [PDF]
Advancements in technology over the last two decades have changed how spatial data are created and used. In particular, in the last decade, volunteered geographic information (VGI), i.e., the crowdsourcing of geographic information, has revolutionized ...
Michela Bertolotto +2 more
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A characterization of Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]
This paper characterizes the Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) phenomenon and explores comprehensively its relation with SDI. The SDI component view is used as common framework for describing the main characteristics of VGI and as framework for
Bregt, Arnold +3 more
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The Potential of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in Future Transport Systems [PDF]
As transport systems are pushed to the limits in many cities, governments have tried to resolve problems of traffic and congestion by increasing capacity. Miller (2013) contends the need to identify new capabilities (instead of capacity) of the transport
Maria Attard +2 more
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IL FENOMENO VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
The contribution addresses the phenomenon of Voluntereed Geographic Information explaining these new and burgeoning sources of information offers multidisciplinary scientists an unprecedented opportunity to conduct research on a variety of topics at ...
Flavio Lupia, Cristina Capineri
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THE VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN ARCHAEOLOGY [PDF]
The purpose of the paper is to investigate the Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), which is still at a very early stage, to identify its use worldwide including characteristic examples and research its potential applications in Cultural Heritage ...
S. Sylaiou +3 more
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A Semantic Approach for Quality Assurance and Assessment of Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]
The paper analyses the characteristics of Volunteer Geographic Information (VGI) and the need to assure and assess its quality for a possible use and re-use.
Gloria Bordogna
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ASSESSING ACCIDENT HOTSPOTS BY USING VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [PDF]
Due to the ever-increasing number of vehicles, transportation issues, especially transportation safety have gained great importance. One of the social problems in the world, and particularly in developing countries, which each year imposes great ...
Golnoosh, Mahmoud
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