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The Life Cycle of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) Contributors: the OpenStreetMap Example
GIScience 2016 Short Paper Proceedings The Life Cycle of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) Contributors: the OpenStreetMap Example D. Begin 1 , R. Devillers 1,2 , S. Roche 2 Department of Geography, Memorial University, St. John’s (NL), Canada Email:{d.begin; rdeville}@mun.ca Centre de recherche en geomatique, Universite Laval, Quebec (QC ...
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Peran Sistem Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) Sistem dalam Pengurangan Risiko Bencana: Konsep dan Implementasi [PDF]
There have been a lot of geospatial technologies implemented to support disaster management into a more effective way and achieve disaster risk reduction. One of these technologies is the use Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI). VGI refers to the volunteered activities by anyone to create geographic information.
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Geographical studies of outdoor activities have increased in recent years with the rise in popularity of these activities worldwide, including in Japan. Volunteered geographic information (VGI) is a key tool for organizing outdoor activities as it offers
Jun Yamashita +3 more
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User-generated content (UGC) platforms on the Internet have experienced a steep increase in data contributions in recent years. The ubiquitous usage of location-enabled devices, such as smartphones, allows contributors to share their geographic ...
Pascal Neis, Dennis Zielstra
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Crowdsourcing Street View Imagery: A Comparison of Mapillary and OpenStreetCam
Over the last decade, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) has emerged as a viable source of information on cities. During this time, the nature of VGI has been evolving, with new types and sources of data continually being added.
Ron Mahabir +4 more
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This paper presents a framework for considering quality control of volunteered geographic information (VGI). Different issues need to be considered during the conception, acquisition and post-acquisition phases of VGI creation.
C. C. Fonte +7 more
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Shared Aerial Drone Videos — Prospects and Problems for Volunteered Geographic Information Research
The practice of producing drone videos for hobby or commercial purposes has already created a vast amount of open and free video datasets. When these videos are properly authored, time-stamped and geo-referenced, they receive characteristics of ...
Stankov Uglješa +6 more
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A Volunteered Geographic Information Framework to Enable Bottom-Up Disaster Management Platforms
Recent disasters, such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, have drawn attention to the potential role of citizens as active information producers. By using location-aware devices such as smartphones to collect geographic information in the form of geo-tagged ...
Mohammad Ebrahim Poorazizi +2 more
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TOWARDS RULE-GUIDED CLASSIFICATION FOR VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [PDF]
Crowd-sourcing, especially in form of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) significantly changed the way geographic data is collected and the products that are generated from them.
A. Loai Ali +3 more
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Development of an Algorithm to Evaluate the Quality of Geolocated Addresses in Urban Areas
The spatial and semantic data of geographic addresses are extremely important for citizens, governments, and companies. The addresses can georeference environmental, economic, security, health, and demographic parameters in urban areas.
Rafael Sierra Requena +3 more
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