By the people, for the people: The crowdsourcing of "streetbump", an automatic pothole mapping app

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 40, Issue 4W1, 2013, Pages 19-23

  Carrera, F ^a   Guerin, S ^b,c   Thorp, J B ^b,d  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Santa Fe   (United States)

^c Redfish Group   (United States)

^d Stigmergic Productions   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Mobile Application; Pothole Mapping; Road Conditions; Urban Maintenance

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; MOBILE COMPUTING; OPEN SYSTEMS; ROADS AND STREETS; SMARTPHONES;

HARDWARE DEVICES; HUMAN INTERVENTION; INNOCENTIVE; MASSACHUSETTS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; POTHOLE MAPPING; ROAD CONDITION; SMART PHONES; SMART-PHONE APPLICATIONS; URBAN MAINTENANCE;

CROWDSOURCING;

EID: 84924338176     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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