An assessment of a collaborative mapping approach for exploring land use patterns for several European metropolises

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 35, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 329-337

  Arsanjania, JamalJokar ^a   Vaz, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Collaborative mapping; Comparative assessment; GMESUA; Land use mapping; OpenStreetMap

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DIGITAL MAPPING; GIS; GPS; LAND USE; METROPOLITAN AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWARE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84924357695     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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