Crowdsourcing Archaeological Data with Participatory GIS
People with little or no training in archaeology or geographic computing systems can build GIS data using Humap’s Placemaker.
The “Bystander Effect” With Crowdsourcing GIS Data
A recent research article found that users are less inclined to contribute to crowdsourced geospatial sites like OpenStreetMap and Waze if they know others are already contributing.
Mapping the Progression of Invasive Species with Crowdsourced Data
Researchers have mapped out approximate 48,510 harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) sightings – all obtained through participation of the public – over the course of a decade.
5 New Year’s Resolution for GIS Users
As 2016 comes to a close, it’s time to start turning your attention to the upcoming New Year and reflect on what steps to you can take to improve your GIS skills and participate more in the geospatial community.
GIS and Social Activism
Groups promoting various causes are implementing geospatial approaches and GIS related technologies.
Call for Map Submissions for Water Themed Atlas
Guerrilla Cartography is seeking maps for its upcoming Water: An Atlas project. Submission deadline is October 31, 2016.
The Future of Street Level Photos in Mapping
Using mobile phones, 360-degree cameras, car dashboards and helmet cameras, Mapillary’s users take geo-tagged pictures of the roads they travel which the app automatically uploads to Mapillary’s platform. Then, Mapillary stitches the photos together and turns them into an immersive, navigable, street level view of the world.
Join MapLift to Help Fix Maps on Wikipedia
The North American Cartographic Information Society and the FixWikiMaps Project are organizing the first ever MapLift from August 28th through September 4th this year. MapLift is a program to identify and … Read more
Black Holes No More: The Emergence of Volunteer Geographic Information
This essay by Ron Mahabir takes a look at how crowdsourced mapping efforts are helping to fill in much needed geographic information about impoverished areas around the world.
Police versus Waze
Over fifty million users have downloaded Waze. Waze is a crowdsourcing traffic app that relies on user inputs to tell other users where there are … Read more
Using Citizens to Map Atmospheric Particulates
Dutch researchers were able to successfully map levels of atmospheric particulates by pulling data from over 8,000 smartphone users. A team from the University of … Read more
Mapping the Outbreaks of Diseases
In August of 2014, the World Health Organization declared a public emergency in response to the growing number of Ebola cases that have struck several … Read more