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Volunteered Geographic Information

open access: diamondGeographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge, 2021
Guiming Zhang
openalex   +2 more sources

Crowdsourcing, Citizen Science or Volunteered Geographic Information? The Current State of Crowdsourced Geographic Information [PDF]

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2016
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering domains that had until recently been the exclusive realm of authoritative agencies.
Linda See   +16 more
doaj   +8 more sources

Volunteered geographic information in crisis management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
During the disaster, rescue groups are responsible for tasks that require different types of information to optimize their activities. Preparation and distribution of information are very sensitive. The acquisition of new data and events such as degraded
Azizkhani, Mostafa   +3 more
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MEASURING THE SPATIAL SIMILARITIES IN VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [PDF]

open access: yesISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2023
Volunteered citizens have the potential to be used as social and distributed sensors, monitoring their surroundings and producing and sharing massive amounts of geographic data.
N. Mahmoody-Vanolya   +1 more
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TOWARDS RULE-GUIDED CLASSIFICATION FOR VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [PDF]

open access: yesISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015
Crowd-sourcing, especially in form of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) significantly changed the way geographic data is collected and the products that are generated from them.
A. Loai Ali   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Placial-Discursive Topologies of Violence: Volunteered Geographic Information and the Reproduction of Violent Places in Recife, Brazil

open access: yesISPRS 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
doaj   +1 more source

A Systems Perspective on Volunteered Geographic Information

open access: yesISPRS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying Flood Water Levels Using Image-Based Volunteered Geographic Information

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2020
Many people use smartphone cameras to record their living environments through captured images, and share aspects of their daily lives on social networks, such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Yan-Ting Lin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A framework for regional smart energy planning using volunteered geographic information [PDF]

open access: yesAdvances in Geosciences, 2020
This study presents a framework for regional smart energy planning for the optimal location and sizing of small hybrid systems. By using an optimization model – in combination with weather data – various local energy systems are simulated using the ...
J. Valdes   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Citizen-based sensing of crisis events: sensor web enablement for volunteered geographic information [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Thanks to recent convergence of greater access to broadband connections, the availability of Global Positioning Systems in small packages at affordable prices and more participative forms of interaction on the Web (Web 2.0), vast numbers of individuals ...
Cox, Simon   +7 more
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