Citizen science and volunteered geographic information: Overview and typology of participation

Crowdsourcing Geographic Knowledge: Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in Theory and Practice

Volumn 9789400745872, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-122

  Haklay, Muki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZEN SCIENCE; DATA QUALITY; DATA UNCERTAINTY; GEOGRAPHICS; HUMAN KNOWLEDGE; HUMAN SCIENCE; VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;

EID: 84930397842     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4587-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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