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Geographical Information Systems in Modern Citizen Science

Geographical Information Systems in Modern Citizen Science

Laia Subirats, Joana Simoes, Alexander Steblin
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 30
ISBN13: 9781522580546|ISBN10: 1522580549|EISBN13: 9781522580553
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8054-6.ch009
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Subirats, Laia, et al. "Geographical Information Systems in Modern Citizen Science." Geospatial Intelligence: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 172-201. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8054-6.ch009

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Subirats, L., Simoes, J., & Steblin, A. (2019). Geographical Information Systems in Modern Citizen Science. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Geospatial Intelligence: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 172-201). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8054-6.ch009

Chicago

Subirats, Laia, Joana Simoes, and Alexander Steblin. "Geographical Information Systems in Modern Citizen Science." In Geospatial Intelligence: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 172-201. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8054-6.ch009

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Abstract

This chapter shows how citizen-science initiatives have been known to exist for a long time, but only recently they were further enhanced thanks to technological and societal developments, such as the availability of mobile devices, the widespread use of the internet and the low cost of location devices. These developments shaped the geographic information system (GIS) world as it is known today: a group of technologies that allows retrieving, storing, analyzing and sharing spatial information, by people who are not necessarily GIS professionals. This chapter starts with a general background about GIS, adding then more detail in topics of particular relevance in the context of citizen science. The rest of the chapter is focused on reviewing and classifying the use of GIS in citizen-science initiatives; and some use cases are described in order to provide practical examples of the use of these technologies for solving specific spatial problems. The chapter closes with a brief discussion of the future of GIS in citizen science, in the light of current technological trends.

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