Assessing uncertainty in VGI for emergency response

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 440-455

  Camponovo, Michael E ^a   Freundschuh, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

attribute quality; emergency response; GIS; uncertainty; VGI

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATTRIBUTE DATA; CATEGORICAL DATA; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; GEOGRAPHIC DATA; NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS; PARADIGM SHIFTS; UNCERTAINTY; VGI;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HAITI;

EID: 85027929932     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2014.950332     Document Type: Article

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