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The credibility of volunteered geographic information

GeoJournal, 2008
The proliferation of information sources as a result of networked computers and other interconnected devices has prompted significant changes in the amount, availability, and nature of geographic information. Among the more significant changes is the increasing amount of readily available volunteered geographic information.
Andrew J. Flanagin, Miriam J. Metzger
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From Volunteered Geographic Information to Volunteered Geographic Services

2012
Volunteered geographic information refers to a range of geo-collaboration projects in which individuals voluntarily collect, maintain, and visualize information. This chapter introduces the related, but distinct, concept of volunteered geographic services (VGS).
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Visitor monitoring in protected areas: an approach to Natura 2000 sites using Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI)

Danish journal of geography, 2019
This paper analyses visitor monitoring and the public use of protected areas using volunteered geographic information (VGI) as a source of big data and, as the object of study, the Ebro Delta Natura 2000 site (west Mediterranean basin).
Joan Jurado Rota   +2 more
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VGTrust: measuring trust for volunteered geographic information

International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 2019
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) has emerged as a large, up-to-date, and easily accessible data source. VGI can allow authoritative mapping agencies to undertake continuous improvement of their own data, adding a currency dimension previously ...
J. Severinsen   +3 more
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A volunteered geographic information system for monitoring and managing urban crimes: a case study of Tehran, Iran

Police Practice & Research, 2019
Crime occurrence is an ever-increasing social problem of Tehran city. Crime management for this city requires social action, public participation or community-oriented policing.
M. Jelokhani-Niaraki   +4 more
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Volunteered Geographic Information

Geography, 2014
Doreen S. Boyd, Giles M. Foody
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Legal issues with volunteered geographic information

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, 2012
Volunteered geographic information (VGI) is a relatively new and rapidly developing activity with varying degrees of organization and legal sophistication that involves host sites, contributors, and users. VGI related activities raise a variety of legal issues, from intellectual property to liability, defamation, and privacy.
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Integrating and Generalising Volunteered Geographic Information

2014
The availability of spatial data on the web has greatly increased through the availability of user-generated community data and geosensor networks. The integration of such multi-source data is providing promising opportunities, as integrated information is richer than can be found in only one data source, but also poses new challenges due to the ...
Monika Sester   +4 more
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