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Volunteered geographical information, crowdsourcing, citizen science and neogeography are not the same

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: . The terms user-generated content, volunteered geographical information, crowdsourcing, citizen science and neogeography are elucidated. The purpose is to expose the range of meanings associated with these terms, and to promote consensus as to their scope and meaning, thereby enhancing the clarity with which discourse around these phenomena may occur, both in the research and popular context.

Source: Proceedings of the ICA

DOI: 10.5194/ica-proc-1-131-2018

Authors: Antony K. Cooper, Serena Coetzee, Derrick G. Kourie

Institutions: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, University of Pretoria, Stellenbosch University

Language: English

Topic: Geographic Information Systems Studies

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Research Foundation, University of Pretoria

OpenAlex ID: W2894488015