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Interoperable Search Mechanisms for Web 2.0 Resources [PDF]
, 2012 We are currently witnessing ordinary citizens willing to share geospatial information using friendly and easy-to use tools provided by Web 2.0 platforms. These platforms act as social networks describing events with large social impacts.
Aragó Galindo, Pau +6 more
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Citizens as Sensors for Crisis Event: Sensor Web Enablement for Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]
, 2010 A set of developments within the field of geosensors is to engage citizens to act as sensors, thus providing so-called Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI). There is a long tradition of non specialists contributing to the collection of geo-referenced
COX SIMON +4 more
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A Survey of Volunteered Open Geo-Knowledge Bases in the Semantic Web
, 2013 Over the past decade, rapid advances in web technologies, coupled with innovative models of spatial data collection and consumption, have generated a robust growth in geo-referenced information, resulting in spatial information overload.
A. Ballatore +70 more
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Editorial: The rise of collaborative mapping: Trends and future directions [PDF]
, 2013 The nature of map production and the dissemination of spatially referenced information have changed radically over the last decade. This change has been marked by an explosion of user generated spatial content via Web 2.0, access to a rising tide of big ...
de Leeuw, J., Fritz, S., See, L.
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Volunteered geographic information (VGI) primer
, 2012 This guide is one in a series of Operational Policy documents being developed by GeoConnections. This guide is intended to inform CGDI stakeholders about the nature and scope of VGI and the realities, challenges and good practices of related operational policies.
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Mapping and the Citizen Sensor [PDF]
, 2017 The role of citizens in mapping has evolved considerably over the last decade. This chapter outlines the background to citizen sensing in mapping and sets the scene for the chapters that follow, which highlight some of the main outcomes of a ...
Antoniou, Vyron +10 more
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VISUALIZATION OF VGI DATA THROUGH THE NEW NASA WEB WORLD WIND VIRTUAL GLOBE [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016 GeoWeb 2.0, laying the foundations of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) systems, has led to platforms where users can contribute to the geographic knowledge that is open to access.
M. A. Brovelli +2 more
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Jurnal Teknologi, 2015 Floods are known as frequent and destructive global events that are caused by natural and human factors. Beside traditional methods, flood hazard mapping has been empowered by spatially enabled cell phones and web mapping technology which are feed by user generated data.
Fazeli, Hamid Reza +3 more
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Accurate attribute mapping from volunteered geographic information: issues of volunteer quantity and quality [PDF]
, 2015 Crowdsourcing is a popular means of acquiring data, but the use of such data is limited by concerns with its quality. This is evident within cartography and geographical sciences more generally, with the quality of volunteered geographic information (VGI)
Boyd, D.S. +7 more
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GEOmedia, 2016 Availability of up-to-date geographic datasets, including the information voluntarily created by ordinary people, is crucial for disaster management in areas affected by catastrophic events and humanitarian crises. OpenStreetMap (OSM) is the most popular
Flavio Lupia +4 more
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