Volunteered Geographic Information in inventory of cycling infrastructure

Tomasz Templin
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Faculty of Geodesy, Geospatial and Civil Engineering
Department of Satellite Geodesy and Navigation
Poland

Tomasz Lewandowski
Konsultant GNSS/GIS
Poland

Abstract

The best information is the one which comes from people who are closest to its source. Involvement of ordinary citizens in the process of acquiring data about objects and phenomena is evolving as the new trend in geoinformation. Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) is the harnessing of tools to create, assemble, and disseminate geographic data. It is based on the conviction that even amateur enthusiasts can provide valuable data. It becomes a platform that allows to increase activity of the local community.
The paper shows the possibility of using VGI to acquire and update spatial data. The main objective was to identify opportunities for active participation of ordinary users in the process of collecting spatial data about cycling facility in the city of Ełk using GIS tools and VGI.

Keywords:

mobile GIS; web GIS; education, crowdsourcing; VGI; Augmented Reality

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