Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]
, 2023 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]
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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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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Volunteered Geographic Information for Enhanced Marine Environment Monitoring [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2018 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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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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Analysis of Factors Affecting Adoption of Volunteered Geographic Information in the Context of National Spatial Data Infrastructure [PDF]
ISPRS Int. J. Geo Inf., 2022 Spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) have been implemented for the last four decades in most countries. One of the key objectives of SDIs is to ensure the quick availability and accessibility of spatial data.
Munir Ahmad +2 more
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Using volunteered geographic information to assess mobility in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-city time series analysis of 41 cities in 22 countries from March 2nd to 26th 2020. [PDF]
Global Health, 2020 Objectives Restricting mobility is a central aim for lowering contact rates and preventing COVID-19 transmission. Yet the impact on mobility of different non-pharmaceutical countermeasures in the earlier stages of the pandemic is not well-understood ...
Vannoni M +4 more
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Unpacking the role of volunteered geographic information in disaster management: focus on data quality [PDF]
Geomatics, Natural Hazards & RiskThe increasing occurrence of disasters worldwide has motivated researchers to continuously evaluate potential technological advances to support disaster management (DM) as well as emergency response. The advent of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI)
Marina Tavra +3 more
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The Potential of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in Future Transport Systems [PDF]
Urban Planning, 2016 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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Developing a Workflow to Identify Inconsistencies in Volunteered Geographic Information: A Phenological Case Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Recent improvements in online information communication and mobile location-aware technologies have led to the production of large volumes of volunteered geographic information. Widespread, large-scale efforts by volunteers to collect data can inform and
Hamed Mehdipoor +4 more
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