Add to ORKGIn recent months there has been an explosion of interest in using the Web to create, assemble, and disseminate geographic information provided voluntarily by individuals. Sites such as Wikimapia and OpenStreetMap are empowering citizens to create a global patchwork of geographic information, while Google Earth and other virtual globes are encouraging volunteers to develop interesting applications using their own data. I review this phenomenon, and examine associated issues: what drives people to do this, how accurate are the results, will they threaten individual privacy, and how can they augment more conventional sources? I compare this new phenomenon to more traditional citizen science and the role of the amateur in geographic observation
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
See, L., Mooney, P., Foody, G., Bastin, L., Comber, A., Estima, J., ... Rutzinger, M. (2016). Crowds...
See, L., Mooney, P., Foody, G., Bastin, L., Comber, A., Estima, J., ... Rutzinger, M. (2016). Crowds...
This book focuses on the study of the remarkable new source of geographic information that has becom...
This book focuses on the study of the remarkable new source of geographic information that has becom...
This book focuses on the study of the remarkable new source of geographic information that has becom...
"This book focuses on the study of the remarkable new source of geographic information that has beco...
This book focuses on the study of the remarkable new source of geographic information that has becom...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
See, L., Mooney, P., Foody, G., Bastin, L., Comber, A., Estima, J., ... Rutzinger, M. (2016). Crowds...
See, L., Mooney, P., Foody, G., Bastin, L., Comber, A., Estima, J., ... Rutzinger, M. (2016). Crowds...
This book focuses on the study of the remarkable new source of geographic information that has becom...
This book focuses on the study of the remarkable new source of geographic information that has becom...
This book focuses on the study of the remarkable new source of geographic information that has becom...
"This book focuses on the study of the remarkable new source of geographic information that has beco...
This book focuses on the study of the remarkable new source of geographic information that has becom...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...
Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering...