A systems perspective on volunteered geographic information

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1278-1292

  Fast, Victoria ^a   Rinner, Claus ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Geoweb; GIS; GIScience; Public participation GIS; Systems science; Volunteered geographic information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947243097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi3041278     Document Type: Review

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