Confronting the data-divide in a time of spatial turns and volunteered geographic information

GeoJournal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 657-674

  Cinnamon, Jonathan ^a   Schuurman, Nadine ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data access; Geography; GeoWeb; Public health; Spatial turn; Volunteered geographic information

Indexed keywords

DATA ACCESS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOWEB; SPATIAL TURNS; VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;

DATA ACQUISITION;

PUBLIC HEALTH;

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICINE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

HARNESS;

EID: 84882867859     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-012-9458-6     Document Type: Article

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