A VGI Comparison Framework Based on Citizen Participation: Comparing volunteered data acquisition methods on informal settlements for two large cities in Latin America (preprint)
Abstract:The early 2000s witnessed an explosion of available geographical information made possible by Web 2.0 technologies that include Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), a set of methods that brings user contribution to the center of geographic information acquisition. These methods increase the capacity of community-driven and local initiatives to create geographic information and close existing data gaps in authoritative sources. Informal settlements constitute an example of where a major vacuum exists, as m… Show more
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