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dc.contributor.editorHuang, Haosheng
dc.contributor.editorPurves, Ross
dc.contributor.editorAntoniou, Vyron
dc.contributor.editorCapineri, Cristina
dc.contributor.editorKettunen, Juhani
dc.contributor.editorOstermann, Frank
dc.contributor.editorHaklay, Muki
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-31 23:55:55
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-04 09:33:06
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:57:53Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T13:57:53Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier617901
dc.identifierOCN: 972087628en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32079
dc.description.abstract"This book focuses on the study of the remarkable new source of geographic information that has become available in the form of user-generated content accessible over the Internet through mobile and Web applications. The exploitation, integration and application of these sources, termed volunteered geographic information (VGI) or crowdsourced geographic information (CGI), offer scientists an unprecedented opportunity to conduct research on a variety of topics at multiple scales and for diversified objectives. The Handbook is organized in five parts, addressing the fundamental questions: What motivates citizens to provide such information in the public domain, and what factors govern/predict its validity?What methods might be used to validate such information? Can VGI be framed within the larger domain of sensor networks, in which inert and static sensors are replaced or combined by intelligent and mobile humans equipped with sensing devices? What limitations are imposed on VGI by differential access to broadband Internet, mobile phones, and other communication technologies, and by concerns over privacy? How do VGI and crowdsourcing enable innovation applications to benefit human society? Chapters examine how crowdsourcing techniques and methods, and the VGI phenomenon, have motivated a multidisciplinary research community to identify both fields of applications and quality criteria depending on the use of VGI. Besides harvesting tools and storage of these data, research has paid remarkable attention to these information resources, in an age when information and participation is one of the most important drivers of development. The collection opens questions and points to new research directions in addition to the findings that each of the authors demonstrates. Despite rapid progress in VGI research, this Handbook also shows that there are technical, social, political and methodological challenges that require further studies and research."
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciencesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geographyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issuesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBC Engineering: generalen_US
dc.subject.othercrowdsourcing
dc.subject.othergeospatial information
dc.subject.othervolunteered geographic information
dc.subject.otherspatial data
dc.subject.otherOpenStreetMap
dc.subject.otherSocial media
dc.subject.otherTwitter
dc.titleEuropean Handbook of Crowdsourced Geographic Information
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.5334/bax
oapen.relation.isPublishedByd5069e3b-8e22-4e18-9d2d-558a5f96d506
oapen.relation.isbn9781909188808;9781909188815;9781909188822
oapen.pages474
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Crowdsourcing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing; Geographic information system - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system; OpenStreetMap - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap; Social media - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media; Twitter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter; Volunteered geographic information - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteered_geographic_information
oapen.identifier.ocn972087628


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