Mobile Information Systems Leveraging Volunteered Geographic Information for Earth Observation
Editors: Bordogna, Gloria, Carrara, Paola (Eds.)
Free Preview- Reports on cutting-edge mobile technologies used to acquire, analyze and manage volunteered geographic information
- Discusses relevant case studies and addresses practical issues
- Outlines new methods and tools to help overcome the main drawbacks of using volunteered geographic information in Earth observation
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This book, written by an international team of prominent authors, gathers the latest developments in mobile technologies for the acquisition, management, analysis and sharing of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in the context of Earth observation. It is divided into three parts, the first of which presents case studies on the implementation of VGI for Earth observation, discusses the characteristics of volunteers’ engagement in relation with their expertise and motivation, analyzes the tasks they are called upon to perform, and examines the available tools for developing VGI. In turn, the second part introduces readers to essential methods, techniques and algorithms used to develop mobile information systems based on VGI for distinct Earth observation tasks, while the last part focuses on the drawbacks and limitations of VGI with regard to the above-mentioned tasks and proposes innovative methods and techniques to help overcome them. Given its breadth of coverage, the book offers a comprehensive, practice-oriented reference guide for researchers and practitioners in the field of geo-information management.
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Pages 3-34
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Crowdsourcing to Enhance Insights from Satellite Observations
Pages 35-52
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Can VGI and Mobile Apps Support Long-Term Ecological Research? A Test in Remote Areas of the Alps
Pages 53-69
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Toward Citizen-Edited Image-Populated Ontologies for Earth Observation—A Position Paper
Pages 73-92
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A Network of Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors and Its Use for Mapping Urban Air Quality
Pages 93-110
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Mobile Information Systems Leveraging Volunteered Geographic Information for Earth Observation
- Editors
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- Gloria Bordogna
- Paola Carrara
- Series Title
- Earth Systems Data and Models
- Series Volume
- 4
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-70878-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-70878-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-70877-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-89002-9
- Series ISSN
- 2364-5830
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 214
- Number of Illustrations
- 11 b/w illustrations, 43 illustrations in colour
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