223 research outputs found
DITOs D4.5 Final Event Opening Presentation - Muki Haklay, UCL Extreme Citizen Science
No full textOpening presentation given by Muki Haklay at the DITOs final event 3rd April 2019
Keynote on Citizen Science and universities - University approaches to Citizen Science in the transition to Open Science Institutional opportunities and challenges for creating an open and inclusive environment for Research
No full textThe keynote presentation on Citizen Science and universities by Muki Haklay (University College London) for the EUA and OpenAIRE workshop 'University approaches to Citizen Science in the transition to Open Science Institutional opportunities and challenges for creating an open and inclusive environment for Research'.
For more information, see: https://www.openaire.eu/university-approaches-to-citizen-scienc
The Potential of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in Future Transport Systems
No full textAs transport systems are pushed to the limits in many cities, governments have tried to resolve problems of traffic and congestion by increasing capacity. Miller (2013) contends the need to identify new capabilities (instead of capacity) of the transport infrastructure in order to increase efficiency without extending the physical infrastructure. Kenyon and Lyons (2003) identified integrated traveller information as a facilitator for better transport decisions. Today, with further developments in the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and a greater disposition by the public to provide volunteered geographic information (VGI), the potential of information is not only integrated across modes but also user-generated, real-time and available on smartphones anywhere. This geographic information plays today an important role in sectors such as politics, businesses and entertainment, and presumably this would extend to transport in revealing people’s preferences for mobility and therefore be useful for decision-making. The widespread availability of networks and smartphones offer new opportunities supported by apps and crowdsourcing through social media such as the successful traffic and navigation app Waze, car sharing programmes such as Zipcar, and ride sharing systems such as Uber. This study aims to develop insights into the potential of governments to use voluntary (crowdsourced) geographic information effectively to achieve sustainable mobility. A review of the literature and existing technology informs this article. Further research into this area is identified and presented at the end of the paper
Mutual learning exercise on citizen science initiatives: policy and practice. Second thematic report: ensuring good practices and impacts
No full textThis publication provides a summary of the Mutual Learning Exercise on Good Practices on Citizen Science and their Impact. This document starts by presenting the examples of successful CS national projects chosen by the 11 countries participating in the MLE, and the variables against which the projects were analysed. Chapter 2 summarises the results related to challenges & mitigation strategies with the implementation of CS projects. Chapter 3 analyses the examples of CS networks and centres of expertise and presents the current state of national funding opportunities that were provided by the 11 participating countries in the MLE. Chapter 4 provides recommendations which cover a range of potential actions targeting different aspects discussed during the workshop sessions to better implement and especially support CS initiatives and projects and overcome the detected barriers. The document concludes with Chapter 5 which briefly explains the next MLE topic sessions
Mutual learning exercise on citizen science initiatives: policy and practice. Fourth thematic report: enabling environments and sustaining citizen science
No full textThis publication focuses on enabling environments and the institutional and governance arrangements that can support Citizen Science, with a particular focus on the role of different stakeholders, including research institutes, funding bodies, public authorities, businesses and civil society organisations in promoting Citizen Science. It provides the outcome of the discussions of two separate two-day workshop sessions on recommendations on enabling environments, good practices, lessons learned and success factors identified to implement new enabling factors for Citizen Science
OpenStreetMap—Overview and Motivational Factors
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VGI and beyond.From data to mapping
No full textThis chapter will introduce the concept of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) within
the practices of mapping and cartography. Our aim is to provide an accessible overview of the
area, which has grown rapidly since the mid 2000s; but first we need to define what we mean
by VG
Usability dimensions in collaborative GIS
No full textCollaborative GIS requires careful consideration of the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Usability aspects, given the variety of users that are expected to use these systems, and the need to ensure that users will find the system effective, efficient, and enjoyable. The chapter explains the link between collaborative GIS and usability engineering/HCI studies. The integration of usability considerations into collaborative GIS is demonstrated in two case studies of Web-based GIS implementation. In the first, the process of digitising an area on Web-based GIS is improved to enhance the user's experience, and to allow interaction over narrowband Internet connections. In the second, server-side rendering of 3D scenes allows users who are not equipped with powerful computers to request sophisticated visualisation without the need to download complex software. The chapter concludes by emphasising the need to understand the users' context and conditions within any collaborative GIS project. © 2006, Idea Group Inc
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