• Title: Mapping and the Citizen Sensor
• Author(s) Giles Foody (Editor),‎ Linda See (Editor),‎ Steffen Fritz (Editor)
• Publisher: Ubiquity Press (September 11, 2017); eBook (Creative Commons Licensed)
• License(s): CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
• Hardcover: 400 pages
• eBook: PDF (400 pages)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1911529161
• ISBN-13: 978-1911529163
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Book Description

Maps are a fundamental resource in a diverse array of applications ranging from everyday activities, such as route planning through the legal demarcation of space to scientific studies, such as those seeking to understand biodiversity and inform the design of nature reserves for species conservation. For a map to have value, it should provide an accurate and timely representation of the phenomenon depicted and this can be a challenge in a dynamic world.

Fortunately, mapping activities have benefitted greatly from recent advances in geoinformation technologies. Satellite remote sensing, for example, now offers unparalleled data acquisition and authoritative mapping agencies have developed systems for the routine production of maps in accordance with strict standards.

This book explores issues linked to topics ranging from citizen motivation, data acquisition, data quality and the use of citizen derived data in the production of maps that rival, and sometimes surpass, maps arising from authoritative agencies.

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• Geographic Information System (GIS) and Web Mapping
• Computer Graphics, 3D, Animation and Imaging
• Data Analysis and Data Mining, Big Data
• Statistics and SAS Programming

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