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Maps, volunteered geographic information (VGI) and the spatio-discursive construction of nature

open access: yesDigital Geography and Society, 2022
This paper interrogates the role that spatial media such as maps and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) play in the construction and mobilisation of representations of nature.
Jc Gaillard   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Assessing Completeness and Spatial Error of Features in Volunteered Geographic Information

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2013
The assessment of the quality and accuracy of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) contributions, and by extension the ultimate utility of VGI data has fostered much debate within the geographic community.
Andrew Crooks   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Dataset on georeferenced and tagged photographs for ecosystem services assessment, Ebro Delta, N-E Spain [PDF]

open access: yesData in Brief, 2020
A georeferenced and tagged dataset of photographs is presented. Over 2000 photographs from the Ebro Delta Natural Park, N-E Spain, have been treated.
David Serrano Giné   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Geographic proximity and homophily effects drive social interactions within VGI communities: an example of iNaturalist

open access: yesInternational Journal of Digital Earth
Social interactions among online community members contributing to volunteered geographic information (VGI) are a key element and often crucial to VGI project success.
Guiming Zhang, Xi Gong
exaly   +3 more sources

MOBILE-WEB-BASE VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION APPLICATION AND GEOMETRIC ACCURACY ANALYSIS FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020
The users can contribute to geographic information through platforms such as Wikimapia and OpenStreetMap. They can also generate data by themselves with their applications in cyber worlds like Google Earth.
H. K. Sevinc, I. R. Karas, E. Demiral
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing DSS Exploitation Based on VGI Quality Assessment: Conceptual Framework and Experimental Evaluation

open access: yesSystems, 2023
The latest advances in spatial information technology have led to the emergence of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) as enrichment to existing spatial data sources.
Tarek Sboui, Saida Aissi
doaj   +1 more source

Analysing the Sustainability of Urban Development: A review on the Potential Use of Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]

open access: yesISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015
The challenges of how to ensure sustainable urban development are currently one of the important agenda among governments around the world. The stakeholders require the latest and high volume of geographic information for the decision making process to ...
N. Ibrahim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Priložnosti za uporabo prostovoljnih geografskih informacij v okviru nacionalne prostorske podatkovne infrastrukture ( = Opportunities for using the volunteered geographic information within the national spatial data infrastructure) [PDF]

open access: yesGeodetski Vestnik, 2019
New sources of geospatial data and information have recently become available in the form of user-generated web content. The integration of these sources, often termed Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) or Crowdsourced Geographic Information (CGI),
Mihaela Triglav Čekada, Anka Lisec
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

The role of Volunteered Geographic Information in participatory planning. Examples from Denmark and Finland

open access: yesGeoforum Perspektiv, 2012
Due to developments in pervasive computing and the diffusion of digital media technologies, the amount of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) is rising rapidly. The paper looks at the potential of applying VGI to a participatory planning context and
Anne-Marie Sanvig Knudsen, Maarit Kahila
doaj   +3 more sources

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