Free and Open Source Tools for Volunteer Geographic Information and Geo-Crowdsourcing

Free and Open Source Tools for Volunteer Geographic Information and Geo-Crowdsourcing

Maria Antonia Brovelli, Blagoj Delipetrev, Giorgio Zamboni
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 32
ISBN13: 9781522550396|ISBN10: 1522550399|EISBN13: 9781522550402
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5039-6.ch001
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Brovelli, Maria Antonia, et al. "Free and Open Source Tools for Volunteer Geographic Information and Geo-Crowdsourcing." Emerging Trends in Open Source Geographic Information Systems, edited by Naveenchandra N. Srivastava, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 1-32. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5039-6.ch001

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Brovelli, M. A., Delipetrev, B., & Zamboni, G. (2018). Free and Open Source Tools for Volunteer Geographic Information and Geo-Crowdsourcing. In N. Srivastava (Ed.), Emerging Trends in Open Source Geographic Information Systems (pp. 1-32). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5039-6.ch001

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Brovelli, Maria Antonia, Blagoj Delipetrev, and Giorgio Zamboni. "Free and Open Source Tools for Volunteer Geographic Information and Geo-Crowdsourcing." In Emerging Trends in Open Source Geographic Information Systems, edited by Naveenchandra N. Srivastava, 1-32. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5039-6.ch001

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Abstract

The availability of new mobile devices (tablets and smartphones) equipped with many sensors is changing or, better, enriching the way we monitor and sense the world that surrounds us. The internet has permeated completely not only our scientific and technological development, but also our life. Only some years ago, we used geospatial data and GIS software installed within our computers. Nowadays, data and operators are provided via the net by means of distributed and shared geo-services and a simple and powerless mobile device is enough to connect them. The possibility of interaction has become not only faster and more user friendly but also active, being individuals and communities free of adding, deleting, and changing contents in real time in the new GeoWeb2.0. This chapter explores GeoWeb2.0.

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