, 2014 The Heat Energy Assessment Technologies (HEAT) project uses high-resolution airborne thermal imagery, GIS cadastral data, and Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) to allow the citizens of Calgary, Alberta, Canada to visualize the amount and location of waste heat leaving their houses, communities, and the city.
Bilal Abdulkarim
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MOBILE-WEB-BASE VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION APPLICATION AND GEOMETRIC ACCURACY ANALYSIS FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS [PDF]
The 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
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Systems, 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
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Analysing the Sustainability of Urban Development: A review on the Potential Use of Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]
ISPRS 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
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A characterization of Volunteered Geographic Information [PDF]
, 2010 This paper characterizes the Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) phenomenon and explores comprehensively its relation with SDI. The SDI component view is used as common framework for describing the main characteristics of VGI and as framework for
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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]
Geodetski 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
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MEASURING THE SPATIAL SIMILARITIES IN VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [PDF]
ISPRS 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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Assessing Completeness and Spatial Error of Features in Volunteered Geographic Information
ISPRS 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.
Anthony Stefanidis +5 more
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A Systems Perspective on Volunteered Geographic Information
ISPRS 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
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