Volunteered geographic information workshop Flashcards
1
Q
What is crowdsourcing?
A
-online distributed problem solving and production model that leverages the collective intelligence of online communities for specific purposes set forth by a crowdsourcing organization
2
Q
What is citizen science?
A
- public engagment in scientific research. citizens contribute to science either with their intellectual effort or surrounding knowledge or with their tools and resources
- non-experts collect data, research design and analysis.
3
Q
what is VGI?
A
GI acquired and made available to others thru voluntary activity of individuals or groups, with the intent of providing info about the geographic world
4
Q
How to classify VGI?
A
- by reasons data were created (allocentric vs egocentric)
- by type of knowledge encoded (scientific, geosocial/personal)
- by process for creating data (active vs passive (when ppl creep ur fb an take ur data) )
5
Q
what are the 4 lvls in citizen science projects
A
crowdsourcing > distributed intelligence > participatory science > extreme citizen science
6
Q
Why do people contribute spatial data?
A
- personal/professional itnerest
- altruism
- reputation
- pride in community
- protect personal interests
- intellectual stimulation
- mischief ;)
7
Q
what map elements do OSM feature?
A
- nodes
- ways
- relation
- tags (attributes)
8
Q
OSM is based on - pairs
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key- value
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