Crowdsourced Geographic Information Use in Government

The acceptance of volunteered geographic information (VGI) as a valued and useful source of information for governments is growing at all levels. The aim of this report is to review governmental projects that incorporate voluntary and crowd-sourced...

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Main Authors: Haklay, Mordechai, Antoniou, Vyron, Basiouka, Sofia, Soden, Robert, Mooney, Peter
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, London 2014
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GPS
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20351555/crowd-sourced-geographic-information-use-government-vol-1
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spelling okr-10986-207252021-04-23T14:03:57Z Crowdsourced Geographic Information Use in Government Haklay, Mordechai Antoniou, Vyron Basiouka, Sofia Soden, Robert Mooney, Peter ARTICLES BEST PRACTICES BOUNDARIES BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS MODELS CARTOGRAPHY CATALOG CITIES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIC SOCIETY CLINICS COLLABORATION COLLECTION ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE COMPLEXITY COMPUTER SCIENCE CONTACT POINT CONTACT POINTS CONTENTS CORE GROUP DATA CAPTURE DATA COLLECTION DATA MANIPULATION DATA POLICY DATA PROVIDERS DATA SHARING DATA SOURCES DATA STRUCTURE DECISION MAKING DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTIONS DIGITAL FORMATS DIGITIZATION DISCUSSION DISCUSSIONS DOMAIN E-MAIL EXPERIMENTATION FINANCIAL RESOURCES FLOW OF INFORMATION GENERAL POPULATION GENERAL PUBLIC GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS GPS HABITAT HARDWARE HOSPITALS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING PROJECTS HUMAN RESOURCES IDEA IDEAS INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS INFORMATION FLOWS INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INFORMATION USE INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INTEGRATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERFACE INTEROPERABILITY KNOWLEDGE SHARING KNOWLEDGE WORKERS LEADING LEARNING LEGAL ISSUES LICENSE LICENSES MARKET PRICES MATERIAL MEDIA MEDICINE METADATA MOBILE NETWORK MOBILE PHONES NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURES NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OBJECT OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE OPEN SYSTEMS ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES PHONES PHOTO PHOTOS PILOT PROJECT PRACTITIONERS PRIVATE SECTOR PROBLEM SOLVING PRODUCTIVITY PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE PUBLIC BUILDINGS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION QUERIES RELIABILITY RESEARCHERS RESULT RESULTS RURAL AREAS SAFETY SATELLITE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SCIENTISTS SEARCH SETTLEMENT SHELTER SHELTERS SITES SLUM SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE PACKAGES SPREADSHEETS TAGGING TARGETS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL ISSUES TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TELEPHONE THINKING TIME FRAMES TOWNS TRACKING SYSTEM TRAINING MATERIALS TRAINING WORKSHOPS TRAININGS TRANSLATION UNIQUE ID URBAN AREAS URBAN PLANNING URBANIZATION USE OF INFORMATION USER USER COMMUNITIES USERS USES VALIDATION PROCESS VARIETY VIDEO VIDEOS VILLAGES VISION WEB WEB APPLICATION WEBSITE WISDOM The acceptance of volunteered geographic information (VGI) as a valued and useful source of information for governments is growing at all levels. The aim of this report is to review governmental projects that incorporate voluntary and crowd-sourced data collection and to provide information that can be used to support the wider adoption of VGI (the terms crowd-sourced information and VGI are used interchangeably). To this end, the report compiles and distributes lessons learned and successful models from existing efforts by governments at different sectors and scales. This report explores different aspects of government use of VGI, including the maintenance of public space (streets, public buildings, and parks), education, health, tourism, and civil safety. It includes a set of case studies with a common structure, which are presented at the end of the report. This report provides background on the use of geographical information by government, which has a long history and should be taken into account. It turns to the methodology of the research and explains how it developed. A detailed explanation for the case study structure and overview of the case studies is also provided. This is followed by analysis of the findings and recommendations for improving the use of VGI in government. 2014-12-16T18:51:26Z 2014-12-16T18:51:26Z 2014 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20351555/crowd-sourced-geographic-information-use-government-vol-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20725 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, London Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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language English
en_US
topic ARTICLES
BEST PRACTICES
BOUNDARIES
BUSINESS MODEL
BUSINESS MODELS
CARTOGRAPHY
CATALOG
CITIES
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
CIVIC SOCIETY
CLINICS
COLLABORATION
COLLECTION ACTIVITIES
COMMUNITY BUILDING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
COMPLEXITY
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CONTACT POINT
CONTACT POINTS
CONTENTS
CORE GROUP
DATA CAPTURE
DATA COLLECTION
DATA MANIPULATION
DATA POLICY
DATA PROVIDERS
DATA SHARING
DATA SOURCES
DATA STRUCTURE
DECISION MAKING
DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTIONS
DIGITAL FORMATS
DIGITIZATION
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSIONS
DOMAIN
E-MAIL
EXPERIMENTATION
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FLOW OF INFORMATION
GENERAL POPULATION
GENERAL PUBLIC
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
GPS
HABITAT
HARDWARE
HOSPITALS
HOUSES
HOUSING
HOUSING PROJECTS
HUMAN RESOURCES
IDEA
IDEAS
INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
INFORMATION FLOWS
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
INFORMATION USE
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
INTEGRATION
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
INTERFACE
INTEROPERABILITY
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
KNOWLEDGE WORKERS
LEADING
LEARNING
LEGAL ISSUES
LICENSE
LICENSES
MARKET PRICES
MATERIAL
MEDIA
MEDICINE
METADATA
MOBILE NETWORK
MOBILE PHONES
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEIGHBORHOOD
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURES
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OBJECT
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
OPEN SYSTEMS
ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL
ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES
PHONES
PHOTO
PHOTOS
PILOT PROJECT
PRACTITIONERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBLEM SOLVING
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
QUERIES
RELIABILITY
RESEARCHERS
RESULT
RESULTS
RURAL AREAS
SAFETY
SATELLITE
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
SCIENTISTS
SEARCH
SETTLEMENT
SHELTER
SHELTERS
SITES
SLUM
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
SOFTWARE PACKAGES
SPREADSHEETS
TAGGING
TARGETS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL ISSUES
TECHNICAL SKILLS
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
TELEPHONE
THINKING
TIME FRAMES
TOWNS
TRACKING SYSTEM
TRAINING MATERIALS
TRAINING WORKSHOPS
TRAININGS
TRANSLATION
UNIQUE ID
URBAN AREAS
URBAN PLANNING
URBANIZATION
USE OF INFORMATION
USER
USER COMMUNITIES
USERS
USES
VALIDATION PROCESS
VARIETY
VIDEO
VIDEOS
VILLAGES
VISION
WEB
WEB APPLICATION
WEBSITE
WISDOM
spellingShingle ARTICLES
BEST PRACTICES
BOUNDARIES
BUSINESS MODEL
BUSINESS MODELS
CARTOGRAPHY
CATALOG
CITIES
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
CIVIC SOCIETY
CLINICS
COLLABORATION
COLLECTION ACTIVITIES
COMMUNITY BUILDING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
COMPLEXITY
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CONTACT POINT
CONTACT POINTS
CONTENTS
CORE GROUP
DATA CAPTURE
DATA COLLECTION
DATA MANIPULATION
DATA POLICY
DATA PROVIDERS
DATA SHARING
DATA SOURCES
DATA STRUCTURE
DECISION MAKING
DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTIONS
DIGITAL FORMATS
DIGITIZATION
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSIONS
DOMAIN
E-MAIL
EXPERIMENTATION
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FLOW OF INFORMATION
GENERAL POPULATION
GENERAL PUBLIC
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
GPS
HABITAT
HARDWARE
HOSPITALS
HOUSES
HOUSING
HOUSING PROJECTS
HUMAN RESOURCES
IDEA
IDEAS
INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
INFORMATION FLOWS
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
INFORMATION USE
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
INTEGRATION
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
INTERFACE
INTEROPERABILITY
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
KNOWLEDGE WORKERS
LEADING
LEARNING
LEGAL ISSUES
LICENSE
LICENSES
MARKET PRICES
MATERIAL
MEDIA
MEDICINE
METADATA
MOBILE NETWORK
MOBILE PHONES
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEIGHBORHOOD
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURES
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OBJECT
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
OPEN SYSTEMS
ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL
ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES
PHONES
PHOTO
PHOTOS
PILOT PROJECT
PRACTITIONERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBLEM SOLVING
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
QUERIES
RELIABILITY
RESEARCHERS
RESULT
RESULTS
RURAL AREAS
SAFETY
SATELLITE
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
SCIENTISTS
SEARCH
SETTLEMENT
SHELTER
SHELTERS
SITES
SLUM
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
SOFTWARE PACKAGES
SPREADSHEETS
TAGGING
TARGETS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL ISSUES
TECHNICAL SKILLS
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
TELEPHONE
THINKING
TIME FRAMES
TOWNS
TRACKING SYSTEM
TRAINING MATERIALS
TRAINING WORKSHOPS
TRAININGS
TRANSLATION
UNIQUE ID
URBAN AREAS
URBAN PLANNING
URBANIZATION
USE OF INFORMATION
USER
USER COMMUNITIES
USERS
USES
VALIDATION PROCESS
VARIETY
VIDEO
VIDEOS
VILLAGES
VISION
WEB
WEB APPLICATION
WEBSITE
WISDOM
Haklay, Mordechai
Antoniou, Vyron
Basiouka, Sofia
Soden, Robert
Mooney, Peter
Crowdsourced Geographic Information Use in Government
description The acceptance of volunteered geographic information (VGI) as a valued and useful source of information for governments is growing at all levels. The aim of this report is to review governmental projects that incorporate voluntary and crowd-sourced data collection and to provide information that can be used to support the wider adoption of VGI (the terms crowd-sourced information and VGI are used interchangeably). To this end, the report compiles and distributes lessons learned and successful models from existing efforts by governments at different sectors and scales. This report explores different aspects of government use of VGI, including the maintenance of public space (streets, public buildings, and parks), education, health, tourism, and civil safety. It includes a set of case studies with a common structure, which are presented at the end of the report. This report provides background on the use of geographical information by government, which has a long history and should be taken into account. It turns to the methodology of the research and explains how it developed. A detailed explanation for the case study structure and overview of the case studies is also provided. This is followed by analysis of the findings and recommendations for improving the use of VGI in government.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Haklay, Mordechai
Antoniou, Vyron
Basiouka, Sofia
Soden, Robert
Mooney, Peter
author_facet Haklay, Mordechai
Antoniou, Vyron
Basiouka, Sofia
Soden, Robert
Mooney, Peter
author_sort Haklay, Mordechai
title Crowdsourced Geographic Information Use in Government
title_short Crowdsourced Geographic Information Use in Government
title_full Crowdsourced Geographic Information Use in Government
title_fullStr Crowdsourced Geographic Information Use in Government
title_full_unstemmed Crowdsourced Geographic Information Use in Government
title_sort crowdsourced geographic information use in government
publisher World Bank, London
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20351555/crowd-sourced-geographic-information-use-government-vol-1
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20725
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