Introduction to Volunteered Geographic Information

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Introduction to Volunteered Geographic Information Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Kent Jacobs

What is Geographic Information? Longley et al. 1999 Defined as information pertaining to real-life features located on the surface of the Earth This information is crucial to help us solve real life issues Collected, gathered and stored by government departments or private companies

What is Volunteered Geographic Information? Goodchild 2007 Created Collected Circulated …on a volunteer basis!

Types of Volunteered Geographic Information Senaratne et al. 2016 Map-based OpenStreetMap Image-based Instagram, Snapchat Text-based Twitter

What is OpenStreetMap? Founded in 2004 in London, England Free world map (not just Canada) Millions of contributors Many mapping communities “Wikipedia” of map

Use cases Humanitarian aid Pedestrian navigation Journalism & politics Environmental monitoring