Mapping and the Citizen Sensor

Tue, 01 May 2018 18:00:52 +0000

Excerpt: 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....

geographical information; mapping; Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI); Citizen science; Crowdsourcing; – Citizen Science Today

Mapping and the Citizen Sensor