A qualitative enquiry into OpenStreetMap making

New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-71

  Lin, Yu Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartography; Mapping; Open source; OpenStreetMap; Produsage; Qualitative research; User generated content; User participatory culture

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; OPEN SOURCES; OPENSTREETMAP; PRODUSAGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; USER-GENERATED CONTENT; USER-PARTICIPATORY CULTURE;

MAPS; RESEARCH;

MAPPING;

EID: 79953307667     PISSN: 13614568     EISSN: 17407842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13614568.2011.552647     Document Type: Article

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