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Assessing the quality of repositories of volunteered geographical information

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dc.contributor.author Cooper, Antony K
dc.contributor.author Coetzee, S
dc.contributor.author Kourie, DG
dc.date.accessioned 2012-11-27T06:07:56Z
dc.date.available 2012-11-27T06:07:56Z
dc.date.issued 2012-10
dc.identifier.citation Cooper, AK, Coetzee, S and Kourie, DG. Assessing the quality of repositories of volunteered geographical information. GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 Conference, Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, 2-4 October 2012 en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-620-52913-6
dc.identifier.uri http://www.eepublishers.co.za/images/upload/GISSA%20Ukubuzana%202012/Antony_Cooper.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6377
dc.description GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 Conference, Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, 2-4 October 2012 en_US
dc.description.abstract In this paper the authors assess two repositories of volunteered geographical information (VGI) (the 2nd South African Bird Atlas Project and OpenStreetMap) against the seven commonly-used dimensions of the quality of geographical information (positional accuracy, thematic accuracy, semantic accuracy, temporal accuracy, completeness, logical consistency and lineage) and in terms of five challenges they identified previously for the quality of VGI (dependence on the purpose and the context in which the data are used, lack of involvement by users in developing standards, anonymous VGI contributions, bias in VGI, and that not all aspects of data quality can be assessed quantitatively). Their research shows that these repositories have procedures in place to check the quality of the data and confirms that it is difficult to assess data quality. This work also contributes towards a new and improved understanding of VGI, its quality and also its usability. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher ee Publishers en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Workflow;9217
dc.subject Data accuracy en_US
dc.subject Volunteered geographical information en_US
dc.subject VGI en_US
dc.subject Geographical information science en_US
dc.subject GIS en_US
dc.subject Spatial data infrastructures en_US
dc.subject Accuracy en_US
dc.subject Data en_US
dc.subject Quality en_US
dc.subject Standards en_US
dc.title Assessing the quality of repositories of volunteered geographical information en_US
dc.type Conference Presentation en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Cooper, A. K., Coetzee, S., & Kourie, D. (2012). Assessing the quality of repositories of volunteered geographical information. ee Publishers. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6377 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Cooper, Antony K, S Coetzee, and DG Kourie. "Assessing the quality of repositories of volunteered geographical information." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6377 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Cooper AK, Coetzee S, Kourie D, Assessing the quality of repositories of volunteered geographical information; ee Publishers; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6377 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Cooper, Antony K AU - Coetzee, S AU - Kourie, DG AB - In this paper the authors assess two repositories of volunteered geographical information (VGI) (the 2nd South African Bird Atlas Project and OpenStreetMap) against the seven commonly-used dimensions of the quality of geographical information (positional accuracy, thematic accuracy, semantic accuracy, temporal accuracy, completeness, logical consistency and lineage) and in terms of five challenges they identified previously for the quality of VGI (dependence on the purpose and the context in which the data are used, lack of involvement by users in developing standards, anonymous VGI contributions, bias in VGI, and that not all aspects of data quality can be assessed quantitatively). Their research shows that these repositories have procedures in place to check the quality of the data and confirms that it is difficult to assess data quality. This work also contributes towards a new and improved understanding of VGI, its quality and also its usability. DA - 2012-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Data accuracy KW - Volunteered geographical information KW - VGI KW - Geographical information science KW - GIS KW - Spatial data infrastructures KW - Accuracy KW - Data KW - Quality KW - Standards LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 SM - 978-0-620-52913-6 T1 - Assessing the quality of repositories of volunteered geographical information TI - Assessing the quality of repositories of volunteered geographical information UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6377 ER - en_ZA


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