An automated GRASS-based procedure to assess the geometrical accuracy of the OpenStreetMap Paris road network [PDF]
, 2016 OpenStreetMap (OSM) is the largest spatial database of the world. One of the most frequently occurring geospatial elements within this database is the road network, whose quality is crucial for applications such as routing and navigation. Several methods
Brovelli, MARIA ANTONIA +2 more
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The Role of Volunteered Geographic Information towards 3D Property Cadastral Systems (2): A Purpose Driven Web Application [PDF]
, 2016 VGI has not proved to be readily suitable to replace well-established accurate methods and technologies such as those of full standard cadastral surveys. Even so, VGI potentialities as relevant source of geospatial data have been widely acknowledged.
de Almeida, J.-P. +3 more
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Characteristics of Citizen-contributed Geographic Information [PDF]
, 2014 Ponencias, comunicaciones y pósters presentados en el 17th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science "Connecting a Digital Europe through Location and Place", celebrado en la Universitat Jaume I del 3 al 6 de junio de 2014.Current Internet ...
Lutz, Michael +2 more
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Supporting Urban Energy Efficiency with Volunteered Roof Information and the Google Maps API
Remote Sensing, 2014 The Heat Energy Assessment Technologies (HEAT) project uses high-resolution airborne thermal imagery, Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA), and a Geoweb environment to allow the residents of Calgary, Alberta, Canada to visualize the amount and
Bilal Abdulkarim +2 more
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The National Map is an online, interactive map service published by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Users can create and print high-resolution shaded relief maps of a local area, a state, or the entire U.S.
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A Web GIS-Based Platform to Harvest Georeferenced Data from Social Networks: Examples of Data Collection Regarding Disaster Events [PDF]
, 2018 Whenever disaster situations occur the civil protection authorities need to have fast access to data that may help to plan emergency response. To contribute to the collection and integration of all available data a platform that aims to harvest ...
Cardoso, Alberto +2 more
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International Journal of Digital EarthSocial 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, Di Zhu
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Checking the Consistency of Volunteered Phenological Observations While Analysing Their Synchrony
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2018 The increasing availability of volunteered geographic information (VGI) enables novel studies in many scientific domains. However, inconsistent VGI can negatively affect these studies.
Hamed Mehdipoor +3 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 software architecture to integrate sensor data and volunteered geographic information for flood risk management [PDF]
, 2016 Natural disasters are phenomena that can cause great damage to people in urban and rural areas, and thus require preventive and reactive measures. If they involve multiple sources of information, these measures can be more useful and effective.
Albuquerque, João Porto de +3 more
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