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NeoGeography and the nature of geographic expertise
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NeoGeography has been defined as a blurring of the distinctions between producer, communicator and consumer of geographic information, which implies a misunderstanding of this role of the professional.Abstract:
NeoGeography has been defined as a blurring of the distinctions between producer, communicator and consumer of geographic information. The relationship between professional and amateur varies across disciplines. The subject matter of geography is familiar to everyone, and the acquisition and compilation of geographic data have become vastly easier as technology has advanced. The authority of traditional mapping agencies can be attributed to their specifications, production mechanisms and programs for quality control. Very different mechanisms work to ensure the quality of data volunteered by amateurs. Academic geographers are concerned with the extraction of knowledge from geographic data using a combination of analytic tools and accumulated theory. The definition of NeoGeography implies a misunderstanding of this role of the professional, but English lacks a basis for a better term.read more
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Crowdsourcing geographic information for disaster response: a research frontier
TL;DR: Geographic information created by amateur citizens, often known as volunteered geographic information, has recently provided an interesting alternative to traditional authoritative information from mapping agencies and corporations, and several recent papers have provided the beginnings of a literature on the more fundamental issues raised by this new source.
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Researching Volunteered Geographic Information: Spatial Data, Geographic Research, and New Social Practice
TL;DR: A recent survey of volunteer geographic information (VGI) for geography and geographers can be found in this article with an eye toward identifying its potential in our field, as well as the most pressing research needed to realize this potential.
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Volunteered Geographic Information: the nature and motivation of produsers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe and classify both the types of people who volunteer geospatial information and the nature of their contributions, and offer different taxonomies that can help researchers clarify what is at stake with respect to the contributors.
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The Street Network Evolution of Crowdsourced Maps: OpenStreetMap in Germany 2007-2011
TL;DR: It is shown that the difference between the OSM street network for car navigation in Germany and a comparable proprietary dataset was only 9% in June 2011, and that OSM even exceeds the information provided by the proprietary dataset by 27%.
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A global map of roadless areas and their conservation status
Pierre L. Ibisch,Monika T. Hoffmann,Stefan G. Kreft,Guy Pe'er,Guy Pe'er,Vassiliki Kati,Vassiliki Kati,Lisa Biber-Freudenberger,Dominick A. DellaSala,Mariana M. Vale,Mariana M. Vale,Peter Hobson,Peter Hobson,Nuria Selva +13 more
TL;DR: Applying a 1-kilometer buffer to all roads is presented and a global map of roadless areas and an assessment of their status, quality, and extent of coverage by protected areas are presented to halt their continued loss.
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