A Citizen Science Approach for Collecting Toponyms

A Citizen Science Approach for Collecting Toponyms

The emerging trends and technologies of surveying and mapping potentially enable local experts to contribute and share their local geographical knowledge of place names (toponyms). We can see the increasing numbers of toponyms in digital platforms, such as OpenStreetMap, Facebook Place Editor, Swarm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aji Putra Perdana, Frank O. Ostermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Subjects:
citizen science
volunteered geographic information (VGI)
toponym
crowdsourced data collection
data quality
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/7/6/222

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