Identifying optimal study areas and spatial aggregation units for point-based VGI from multiple sources

Advances in Geographic Information Science

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-84

  Lawrence, Haydn ^a   Robertson, Colin ^b   Feick, Rob ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Optimal grain; Social media; VGI

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

AGGREGATE MEASURES; MULTIPLE SOURCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPATIAL AGGREGATION; THREE COMPONENT; USER HETEROGENEITY; USER-GENERATED; VGI;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 84947271170     PISSN: 18672434     EISSN: 18672442     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19950-4_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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