Mapping and the Citizen Sensor

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...

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description 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.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-332912025-01-23T01:31:51Z Mapping and the Citizen Sensor Costa Fonte, Cidália Fritz, Steffen Olteanu-Raimond, Ana-Maria Antoniou, Vyron Foody, Giles Mooney, Peter See, Linda mapping geographical information crowdsourcing volunteered geographic information (vgi) citizen science Data quality OpenStreetMap thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGV Cartography, map-making and projections 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. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2017-09-01 23:55:55 2019-03-04 09:33:06 2020-04-01T13:24:54Z 2017 book 637890 OCN: 1030816789 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31138 9781911529163;9781911529170;9781911529187 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33291 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31138/1/637890.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31138/1/637890.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31138/1/637890.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31138/1/637890.pdf Ubiquity Press 10.5334/bbf 10.5334/bbf c23860c2-a2ee-4bf2-9f6d-4dc8a3814448 9781911529163;9781911529170;9781911529187 398 open access
spellingShingle mapping
geographical information
crowdsourcing
volunteered geographic information (vgi)
citizen science
Data quality
OpenStreetMap
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGV Cartography, map-making and projections
Mapping and the Citizen Sensor
title Mapping and the Citizen Sensor
title_full Mapping and the Citizen Sensor
title_fullStr Mapping and the Citizen Sensor
title_full_unstemmed Mapping and the Citizen Sensor
title_short Mapping and the Citizen Sensor
title_sort mapping and the citizen sensor
topic mapping
geographical information
crowdsourcing
volunteered geographic information (vgi)
citizen science
Data quality
OpenStreetMap
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGV Cartography, map-making and projections
topic_facet mapping
geographical information
crowdsourcing
volunteered geographic information (vgi)
citizen science
Data quality
OpenStreetMap
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGV Cartography, map-making and projections
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