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Volunteered Geographic Information: Selected Web Resources

open access: yes, 2012
Published by the Map & Geospatial Information Round Table, part of the American Library Association. Originally published at http://www.ala.org/magirt/publicationsIncreasingly Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) is being used to create and analyze ...
Suh, Joy, Dietz, Cynthia
core   +1 more source

Big Data (R)evolution in Geography: Complexity Modelling in the Last Two Decades

open access: yesGeography Compass, Volume 18, Issue 11, November 2024.
ABSTRACT The use of data and statistics along with computational systems heralded the beginning of a quantitative revolution in Geography. Use of simulation models (Cellular Automata and Agent‐Based Models) followed in the late 1990s, with ontology and epistemology of complexity theory and modelling being defined a little less than two decades ago.
Liliana Perez, Raja Sengupta
wiley   +1 more source

EXPLORING THE APPLICATION OF VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION TO CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT: A SURVEY APPROACH [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The participation and engagement of grass-root level community groups and citizens for natural resource management has a long history. With recent developments in ICT tools and spatial technology, these groups are seeking a new opportunity to manage ...
Apan, A.   +5 more
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Characterizing collaborative mapping projects. A methodological framework for analyzing volunteered geographic information and spatial data infrastructure convergence

open access: yesTransactions in GIS, Volume 28, Issue 7, Page 1908-1927, November 2024.
Abstract In this article, we compile and characterize a total of 43 collaborative web map projects by a set of parameters that enable the understanding and comparability of current and future projects. We then develop a comprehensive methodological framework to explore volunteered geographic information (VGI) and spatial data infrastructure (SDI ...
Belén Pedregal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen Science for Urban Forest Management? Predicting the Data Density and Richness of Urban Forest Volunteered Geographic Information

open access: yesUrban Science, 2017
Volunteered geographic information (VGI) has been heralded as a promising new data source for urban planning and policymaking. However, there are also concerns surrounding uneven levels of participation and spatial coverage, despite the promotion of VGI ...
Alec Foster   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping cognitive place associations within the United Kingdom through online discussion on Reddit

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 49, Issue 3, September 2024.
Short Abstract This paper explores cognitive place associations; conceptualised as a place‐based mental model that derives subconscious links between geographic locations. Utilising a large corpus of online discussion data from the social media website Reddit, we experiment on the extraction of such geographic knowledge from unstructured text.
Cillian Berragan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peran Sistem Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) Sistem dalam Pengurangan Risiko Bencana: Konsep dan Implementasi [PDF]

open access: yesJurnal Alami : Jurnal Teknologi Reduksi Risiko Bencana, 2020
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.
openaire   +2 more sources

Retrieve volunteered geographic information for forest fire [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The proposed contribution describes a methodology we are testing in the framework of an exploratory research project on the contribution of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in the case-study of forest fires.
Spinsanti, L., Ostermann, F.; id_orcid
core   +2 more sources

Volunteered Geographic Information: Potential Implications for Participatory Planning

open access: yes, 2013
Innovative geovisualization interfaces have created the opportunity for almost anyone with a reliable internet connection to generate and publicize their own maps and geographic information.
Adams, David
core   +1 more source

Checking the Consistency of Volunteered Phenological Observations While Analysing Their Synchrony

open access: yesISPRS 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
doaj   +1 more source

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