Volunteered and crowdsourced geographic information: the OpenStreetMap project [PDF]
Journal of Spatial Information Science, 2020 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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Highlighting Current Trends in Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2017 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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A Framework for Scaling Urban Transformative Resilience through Utilizing Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022 Resilience in the urban context can be described as a continuum of absorptive, adaptive, and transformative capacities. The need to move toward a sustainable future and bounce forward after any disruption has led recent urban resilience initiatives to ...
Mahsa Moghadas +3 more
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A review of volunteered geographic information quality assessment methods [PDF]
International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 2016 With the ubiquity of advanced web technologies and location-sensing hand held devices, citizens regardless of their knowledge or expertise, are able to produce spatial information. This phenomenon is known as volunteered geographic information VGI. During the past decade VGI has been used as a data source supporting a wide range of services, such as ...
Hansi Senaratne +4 more
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Identifying Evacuation Needs and Resources Based on Volunteered Geographic Information: A Case of the Rainstorm in July 2021, Zhengzhou, China. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Recently, global climate change has led to a high incidence of extreme weather and natural disasters. How to reduce its impact has become an important topic.
Gao J, Murao O, Pei X, Dong Y.
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THE VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN ARCHAEOLOGY [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2013 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 Systems Perspective on Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2014 Volunteered geographic information (VGI) is geographic information collected by way of crowdsourcing. However, the distinction between VGI as an information product and the processes that create VGI is blurred.
Victoria Fast, Claus Rinner
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Quality assessment of volunteered geographic information for outdoor activities: an analysis of OpenStreetMap data for names of peaks in Japan [PDF]
Geo-Spatial Information Science, 2022 Geographical studies of outdoor activities have increased in recent years with the rise in popularity of these activities worldwide, including in Japan. Volunteered geographic information (VGI) is a key tool for organizing outdoor activities as it offers
Jun Yamashita +3 more
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Estimating Traffic Disruption Patterns with Volunteered Geographic Information. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 AbstractAccurate understanding and forecasting of traffic is a key contemporary problem for policymakers. Road networks are increasingly congested, yet traffic data is often expensive to obtain, making informed policy-making harder. This paper explores the extent to which traffic disruption can be estimated using features from the volunteered ...
Camargo CQ +4 more
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Placial-Discursive Topologies of Violence: Volunteered Geographic Information and the Reproduction of Violent Places in Recife, Brazil [PDF]
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022 Knowledge and experiences of violence transform the ways in which individuals perceive the urban landscape, construct and reproduce (un)safety, and make everyday decisions regarding mobility and the use of space.
Cléssio Moura de Souza +2 more
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