The Scale of VGI in Map Production: A Perspective on European National Mapping Agencies

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 74-90

  Olteanu Raimond, Ana Maria ^a   Hart, Glen ^b   Foody, Giles M ^b   Touya, Guillaume ^a   Kellenberger, Tobias ^c   Demetriou, Demetris ^d  

^a French Mapping Agency   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Swiss Federal Office of Topography   (Switzerland)

^d Public Works Department   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'CURRENT; DATA QUALITY; DATA-SOURCE; LEGAL ISSUES; NATIONAL MAPPING AGENCIES; NOMINAL DATUM; POSITIONAL ACCURACY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD PRACTICES; VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;

MAPPING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA QUALITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GIS; MAPPING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EUROPE;

EID: 85011660628     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tgis.12189     Document Type: Article

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