Mooney, Peter and Corcoran, Padraig (2011) Can Volunteered Geographic Information be a participant in eEnvironment and SDI? In: ISESS 2011: Environmental Software Systems. Frameworks of eEnvironment. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology book series (IFIPAICT) (359). Springer, pp. 115-122. ISBN 9783642222849

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Abstract

We investigate the potential role Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) can play in eEvironment and various Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) on a local, regional, and national level. eEnvironment is the use and promotion of ICT for the purposes of environmental assessment and protection, spatial planning, and the sustainable use of natural resources. An SDI provides an institutionally sanctioned, automated means for posting, discovering, evaluating, and exchanging geospatial information by participating information producers and users. A key common theme shared by both definitions is public participation and user-centric services. We pose the research question: is VGI (an example of public participation and collaboration) is ready to participate in eEnvironment and SDI?

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	This is the preprint version of the published chapter. Cite this paper as: Mooney P., Corcoran P. (2011) Can Volunteered Geographic Information Be a Participant in eEnvironment and SDI?. In: Hřebíček J., Schimak G., Denzer R. (eds) Environmental Software Systems. Frameworks of eEnvironment. ISESS 2011. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 359. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Keywords:	VGI; OpenStreetMap; SDI; Spatial data;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science
Item ID:	8238
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22285-6_13
Depositing User:	Peter Mooney
Date Deposited:	24 May 2017 15:22
Publisher:	Springer
Refereed:	No
URI:	http://link.springer.com
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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