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Author : William Austin Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Crowdsourcing Scientific Research Through GIS Mapping and Citizen Surveys written by William Austin Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Sui
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400745877
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Crowdsourcing Geographic Knowledge written by Daniel Sui and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenon of volunteered geographic information is part of a profound transformation in how geographic data, information, and knowledge are produced and circulated. By situating volunteered geographic information (VGI) in the context of big-data deluge and the data-intensive inquiry, the 20 chapters in this book explore both the theories and applications of crowdsourcing for geographic knowledge production with three sections focusing on 1). VGI, Public Participation, and Citizen Science; 2). Geographic Knowledge Production and Place Inference; and 3). Emerging Applications and New Challenges. This book argues that future progress in VGI research depends in large part on building strong linkages with diverse geographic scholarship. Contributors of this volume situate VGI research in geography’s core concerns with space and place, and offer several ways of addressing persistent challenges of quality assurance in VGI. This book positions VGI as part of a shift toward hybrid epistemologies, and potentially a fourth paradigm of data-intensive inquiry across the sciences. It also considers the implications of VGI and the exaflood for further time-space compression and new forms, degrees of digital inequality, the renewed importance of geography, and the role of crowdsourcing for geographic knowledge production.
Author : Michael Leitner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319516299
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Citizen Empowered Mapping written by Michael Leitner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book promotes the exploitation of novel and emerging approaches for mapping environmental and urban informatics empowered by citizens. Chapters are grouped in three sections representing the main subjects. The first section describes data acquisition and modeling. The second section focuses on the quality and reliability of data. The final section presents different methods of environmental monitoring and perception. The book includes diverse case studies from Mexico, the United States and Czech Republic. Topics covered in Citizen Empowered Mapping are of interest for research scholars, practitioners, postgraduates, and professionals from a variety of disciplines including geography, environmental science, geographic information science, social science, and computer science.
Author : Siddharth Peter deSouza
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9389812232
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (898 download)
Download or read book Crowdsourcing, Constructing and Collaborating written by Siddharth Peter deSouza and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Citizens around the world use crowdsourced platforms to hold governments accountable, to fill gaps in infrastructural and municipal services, and to call attention to issues that impact everyday lives, such as sexual violence and environmental injustice. Crowdsourcing, Constructing and Collaborating brings together individuals and groups engaged in building and sustaining platforms for online collaboration and participation, to explore and reflect on the methods, challenges and potentials of the technology of crowdsourcing, and mapping of social impact. It brings together people directly involved in a range of projects from around the world-I Paid A Bribe, Environmental Justice Atlas, HarassMap, Intolerance Tracker, Visualizing Palestine, and Humanitarian Tracker-to critically reflect on the tactics, methods, challenges and opportunities of crowdsourcing and crowd-mapping as tools for social, environmental and political change. In an accessible and visually engaging style, it shows how participatory digital media become crucial components of journalistic, scholarly and activist practices, addressing a range of topical challenges, including economic corruption, sexual harassment, political violence and environmental conflict, in diverse geographic contexts.
Author : Gloria Bordogna
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039210726
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (392 download)
Download or read book Geoinformatics in Citizen Science written by Gloria Bordogna and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book features contributions that report original research in the theoretical, technological, and social aspects of geoinformation methods, as applied to supporting citizen science. Specifically, the book focuses on the technological aspects of the field and their application toward the recruitment of volunteers and the collection, management, and analysis of geotagged information to support volunteer involvement in scientific projects. Internationally renowned research groups share research in three areas: First, the key methods of geoinformatics within citizen science initiatives to support scientists in discovering new knowledge in specific application domains or in performing relevant activities, such as reliable geodata filtering, management, analysis, synthesis, sharing, and visualization; second, the critical aspects of citizen science initiatives that call for emerging or novel approaches of geoinformatics to acquire and handle geoinformation; and third, novel geoinformatics research that could serve in support of citizen science.
Author : Giles Foody
Publisher : Ubiquity Press
ISBN 13 : 191152917X
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Mapping and the Citizen Sensor written by Giles Foody and published by Ubiquity Press. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps are a fundamental resource in a diverse array of applications ranging from everyday activities, such as route planning through the legal demarcation of space to scientific studies, such as those seeking to understand biodiversity and inform the design of nature reserves for species conservation. For a map to have value, it should provide an accurate and timely representation of the phenomenon depicted and this can be a challenge in a dynamic world. Fortunately, mapping activities have benefitted greatly from recent advances in geoinformation technologies. Satellite remote sensing, for example, now offers unparalleled data acquisition and authoritative mapping agencies have developed systems for the routine production of maps in accordance with strict standards. Until recently, much mapping activity was in the exclusive realm of authoritative agencies but technological development has also allowed the rise of the amateur mapping community. The proliferation of inexpensive and highly mobile and location aware devices together with Web 2.0 technology have fostered the emergence of the citizen as a source of data. Mapping presently benefits from vast amounts of spatial data as well as people able to provide observations of geographic phenomena, which can inform map production, revision and evaluation. The great potential of these developments is, however, often limited by concerns. The latter span issues from the nature of the citizens through the way data are collected and shared to the quality and trustworthiness of the data. This book reports on some of the key issues connected with the use of citizen sensors in mapping. It arises from a European Co-operation in Science and Technology (COST) Action, which explored issues linked to topics ranging from citizen motivation, data acquisition, data quality and the use of citizen derived data in the production of maps that rival, and sometimes surpass, maps arising from authoritative agencies.
Author : Daniel Sui
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789400745889
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (458 download)
Download or read book Crowdsourcing Geographic Knowledge written by Daniel Sui and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenon of volunteered geographic information is part of a profound transformation in how geographic data, information, and knowledge are produced and circulated. By situating volunteered geographic information (VGI) in the context of big-data deluge and the data-intensive inquiry, the 20 chapters in this book explore both the theories and applications of crowdsourcing for geographic knowledge production with three sections focusing on 1). VGI, Public Participation, and Citizen Science; 2). Geographic Knowledge Production and Place Inference; and 3). Emerging Applications and New Challenges. This book argues that future progress in VGI research depends in large part on building strong linkages with diverse geographic scholarship. Contributors of this volume situate VGI research in geography’s core concerns with space and place, and offer several ways of addressing persistent challenges of quality assurance in VGI. This book positions VGI as part of a shift toward hybrid epistemologies, and potentially a fourth paradigm of data-intensive inquiry across the sciences. It also considers the implications of VGI and the exaflood for further time-space compression and new forms, degrees of digital inequality, the renewed importance of geography, and the role of crowdsourcing for geographic knowledge production.
Author :
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402073224
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book People and the Environment written by and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People and the Environment: Approaches for Linking Household and Community Surveys to Remote Sensing and GIS appeals to a wide range of natural, social, and spatial scientists with interests in conducting population and environment research and thereby characterizing (a) land use and land cover dynamics through remote sensing, (b) demographic and socio-economic variables through household and community surveys, and (c) local site and situation through resource endowments, geographical accessibility, and connections of people to place through GIS. Case studies are used to examine theories and practices useful in linking people and the environment. We also describe land use and land cover dynamics and the associated social, biophysical, and geographical drivers of change articulated through human-environment interactions. People and the Environment: Approaches for Linking Household and Community Surveys to Remote Sensing and GIS addresses a need for a comprehensive and rigorous treatment of linking across thematic domains (e.g., social, biophysical, and geographical) and across space and time scales for research and study within the context of human-environment interactions. The human dimensions research community, LULCC program, and human and landscape ecology communities are collectively viewing the landscape within a spatially-explicit perspective, where people are viewed as agents of landscape change that shape and are shaped by the landscape, and where landscape form and function are assessed within a space-time context. Current researchers and those following this early group of integrative scientists face challenges in conducting this type of research, but the potential rewards for insight are substantial.
Author : Huadong Guo
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9813299150
Total Pages : 846 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)
Download or read book Manual of Digital Earth written by Huadong Guo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book offers a summary of the development of Digital Earth over the past twenty years. By reviewing the initial vision of Digital Earth, the evolution of that vision, the relevant key technologies, and the role of Digital Earth in helping people respond to global challenges, this publication reveals how and why Digital Earth is becoming vital for acquiring, processing, analysing and mining the rapidly growing volume of global data sets about the Earth. The main aspects of Digital Earth covered here include: Digital Earth platforms, remote sensing and navigation satellites, processing and visualizing geospatial information, geospatial information infrastructures, big data and cloud computing, transformation and zooming, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and social media. Moreover, the book covers in detail the multi-layered/multi-faceted roles of Digital Earth in response to sustainable development goals, climate changes, and mitigating disasters, the applications of Digital Earth (such as digital city and digital heritage), the citizen science in support of Digital Earth, the economic value of Digital Earth, and so on. This book also reviews the regional and national development of Digital Earth around the world, and discusses the role and effect of education and ethics. Lastly, it concludes with a summary of the challenges and forecasts the future trends of Digital Earth. By sharing case studies and a broad range of general and scientific insights into the science and technology of Digital Earth, this book offers an essential introduction for an ever-growing international audience.
Author : Calazans Campelo, Cláudio Elízio
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522524479
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)
Download or read book Volunteered Geographic Information and the Future of Geospatial Data written by Calazans Campelo, Cláudio Elízio and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geographic data is a valuable source of information in modern society. By utilizing alternative sources of this data, the availability and potential applications of geographic information systems can be increased. Volunteered Geographic Information and the Future of Geospatial Data is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on information gathering from volunteers, as opposed to official agencies and private companies, to compile geospatial data. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as regional landscape mapping, road safety, and land usage, this book is ideally designed for researchers, academics, students, professionals, and practitioners interested in the growing area of volunteered geographic information.
Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522583637
Total Pages : 1677 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)
Download or read book Crowdsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 1677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the growth of information technology, many new communication channels and platforms have emerged. This growth has advanced the work of crowdsourcing, allowing individuals and companies in various industries to coordinate efforts on different levels and in different areas. Providing new and unique sources of knowledge outside organizations enables innovation and shapes competitive advantage. Crowdsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of crowdsourcing in business operations and management, science, healthcare, education, and politics. Highlighting a range of topics such as crowd computing, macrotasking, and observational crowdsourcing, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for business executives, professionals, policymakers, academicians, and researchers interested in all aspects of crowdsourcing.
Author : Muki Haklay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781013286612
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (866 download)
Download or read book European Handbook of Crowdsourced Geographic Information written by Muki Haklay and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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." This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.
Author : Kousik Das Malakar
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031631072
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (316 download)
Download or read book Mapping Geospatial Citizenship written by Kousik Das Malakar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jim Thatcher
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496204980
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Thinking Big Data in Geography written by Jim Thatcher and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward critical data studies : charting and unpacking data assemblages and their work / Rob Kitchin and Tracey P. Lauriault -- Big data : why (oh why?) this computational social science? / David O'Sullivan -- Smaller and slower data in an era of big data / Renee Sieber and Matthew Tenney -- Reflexivity, positionality, and rigor in the context of big data research / Britta Ricker -- A hybrid approach to geotweets : reading and mapping tweet contexts on marijuana legalization and same-sex marriage in Seattle, Washington / Jin-Kyu Jung and Jungyeop Shin -- Geosocial footprints and geoprivacy concerns / Christopher D. Weidemann, Jennifer N. Swift, and Karen K. Kemp -- Foursquare in the City of Fountains : using Kansas City as a case study for combining demographic and social media data / Emily Fekete -- Big city, big data : four vignettes / Jessa Lingel -- Framing digital exclusion in technologically mediated urban spaces / Matthew Kelley -- Bringing the big data of climate change down to human scale : citizen sensors and personalized visualizations in climate communication / David Retchless -- Synergizing Geoweb and digital humanitarian research / Ryan Burns -- Rethinking the Geoweb and big data : future research directions/ Mark Graham
Author : Artemis Skarlatidou
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787356124
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Geographic Citizen Science Design written by Artemis Skarlatidou and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little did Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and other ‘gentlemen scientists’ know, when they were making their scientific discoveries, that some centuries later they would inspire a new field of scientific practice and innovation, called citizen science. The current growth and availability of citizen science projects and relevant applications to support citizen involvement is massive; every citizen has an opportunity to become a scientist and contribute to a scientific discipline, without having any professional qualifications. With geographic interfaces being the common approach to support collection, analysis and dissemination of data contributed by participants, ‘geographic citizen science’ is being approached from different angles. Geographic Citizen Science Design takes an anthropological and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) stance to provide the theoretical and methodological foundations to support the design, development and evaluation of citizen science projects and their user-friendly applications. Through a careful selection of case studies in the urban and non-urban contexts of the Global North and South, the chapters provide insights into the design and interaction barriers, as well as on the lessons learned from the engagement of a diverse set of participants; for example, literate and non-literate people with a range of technical skills, and with different cultural backgrounds. Looking at the field through the lenses of specific case studies, the book captures the current state of the art in research and development of geographic citizen science and provides critical insight to inform technological innovation and future research in this area.
Author : Mordechai Haklay; Vyron Antoniou; Sofia Basiouka; Robert Soden; Peter Mooney
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Crowdsourced Geographic Information Use in Government written by Mordechai Haklay; Vyron Antoniou; Sofia Basiouka; Robert Soden; Peter Mooney and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acceptance of volunteered geographic information (VGI) as a valued and useful source of information for governments is growing at all levels. Put simply, VGI is “crowdsourced” geographic information provided by a wide range of participants with varying levels of education, knowledge and skills (see Michael Goodchild’s writing for the original definition of the term). While a growing body of research demonstrates the reliability and accuracy of VGI when compared to official or government produced data sets, the progression towards their adoption and wider use is slow. There are a range of mechanisms and methods available for ensuring that crowdsourced information is fit for purpose so concerns about data quality are not the major reason for the lack of adoption. Instead, organizational practices, regulations and legal issues limit the rate of change. This report is based on a six-month study of the use of VGI by government and aims to provide a guide for the successful implementation of VGI.
Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466698462
Total Pages : 2035 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)
Download or read book Geospatial Research: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 2035 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having the ability to measure and explore the geographic space that surrounds us provides endless opportunities for us to utilize and interact with the world. As a broad field of study, geospatial research has applications in a variety of fields including military science, environmental science, civil engineering, and space exploration. Geospatial Research: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a multi-volume publication highlighting critical topics related to geospatial analysis, geographic information systems, and geospatial technologies. Exploring multidisciplinary applications of geographic information systems and technologies in addition to the latest trends and developments in the field, this publication is ideal for academic and government library inclusion, as well as for reference by data scientists, engineers, government agencies, researchers, and graduate-level students in GIS programs.
