Challenges in VGI for scientific projects
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Department EC+G, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, School of Business and Engineering Vaud, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
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Department Comem+, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, School of Business and Engineering Vaud, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
- Published
- Accepted
- Subject Areas
- Human-Computer Interaction, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing, Spatial and Geographic Information Systems, Software Engineering
- Keywords
- VGI, Citizen Science, GIS, Mobile Applications, Web Applications, HCI
- Copyright
- © 2016 Ingensand et al.
- Licence
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2016. Challenges in VGI for scientific projects. PeerJ Preprints 4:e1992v2 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1992v2
Abstract
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) is a recent trend that has been successfully used in order to collect and share geographic information. This method is of interest for scientists who are in need of data and who want to get people involved in their cause. In this paper we discuss the challenges and opportunities that scientists may face when using the concept. An initial challenge is to find users who are willing to contribute. Second, scientist must get these users to interact with the application and with each other. The final goal is to end up with high quality data that can be used for scientific research.
Author Comment
This second version has been revised taking in mind the reviewer’ comments and the guidelines provided by OGRS committee.