Authoritative and volunteered geographical information in a developing country: A comparative case study of road datasets in Nairobi, Kenya

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mahabir, Ron ^a   Stefanidis, Anthony ^a   Croitoru, Arie ^a   Crooks, Andrew T ^a   Agouris, Peggy ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Kenya; Population data; Road networks; Volunteered geographic information

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011029548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi6010024     Document Type: Article

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