Usability of VGI for validation of land cover maps

Abstract

Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) represents a growing source of potentially valuable data for many applications, including land cover map validation. It is still an emerging field and many different approaches can be used to take value from VGI, but also many pros and cons are related to its use. Therefore, since it is timely to get an overview of the subject, the aim of this article is to review the use of VGI as reference data for land cover map validation. The main platforms and types of VGI that are used and that are potentially useful are analysed. Since quality is a fundamental issue in map validation, the quality procedures used by the platforms that collect VGI to increase and control data quality are reviewed and a framework for addressing VGI quality assessment is proposed. A review of cases where VGI was used as an additional data source to assist in map validation is made, as well as cases where only VGI was used, indicating the procedures used to assess VGI quality and fitness for use. A discussion and some conclusions are drawn on best practices, future potential and the challenges of the use of VGI for land cover map validation.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2015.1018266
Divisions: ?? 50811700Jl ??
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Sustainable environment research group
Aston University (General)
Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Geographical Information Science on 17/3/15, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13658816.2015.1018266
Uncontrolled Keywords: crowdsourcing,land cover/land use,quality,validation,VGI,Information Systems,Geography, Planning and Development,Library and Information Sciences
Publication ISSN: 1365-8824
Last Modified: 26 Nov 2024 08:06
Date Deposited: 22 Apr 2015 15:40
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2015
Published Online Date: 2015-03-17
Authors: Fonte, Cidália C.
Bastin, Lucy (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-1321-0800)
See, Linda
Foody, Giles
Lupia, Favio

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