Spatial collective intelligence? credibility, accuracy, and volunteered geographic information

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 115-124

  Spielman, Seth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

collective intelligence; GIS; map; volunteered geographic information

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MAPS;

COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCES; COMPLEX SOCIAL SYSTEMS; DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; MAPPING PROJECTS; STRUCTURE OF GROUPS; VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DESIGN METHOD; EXPERT SYSTEM; MAPPING;

EID: 84894038872     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2013.874200     Document Type: Article

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