Citizen Science in the Age of Neogeography: Utilizing Volunteered Geographic Information for Environmental Monitoring

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1267-1289

  Connors, John Patrick ^a   Lei, Shufei ^b   Kelly, Maggi ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen science; open source; participatory GIS; sudden oak death; volunteered geographic information; Web GIS

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST HEALTH; GIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WORLD WIDE WEB;

UNITED STATES;

PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM;

EID: 84867191879     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.627058     Document Type: Article

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