Crowdsourced mapping of land use in urban dense environments: An assessment of Toronto

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 246-255

  Vaz, Eric ^a   Jokar Arsanjani, Jamal ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

analyse des parcelles; cartographie de l'occupation du sol en milieu urbain; information g ographique volontaire; OpenStreetMap; Toronto

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84930824312     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cag.12170     Document Type: Article

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