Proceedings of the ICA
Proceedings of the ICA
ICA-Proc
Articles | Volume 1
Articles | Volume 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-proc-1-131-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-proc-1-131-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 1
26 Sep 2018
 | 26 Sep 2018

Volunteered geographical information, crowdsourcing, citizen science and neogeography are not the same

Antony K. Cooper, Serena Coetzee, and Derrick G. Kourie

Keywords: Citizen science, Crowdsource, Neogeography, User-generated content, UGC, Volunteered geographical information, VGI

Abstract. The terms user-generated content, volunteered geographical information, crowdsourcing, citizen science and neogeography are elucidated. The purpose is to expose the range of meanings associated with these terms, and to promote consensus as to their scope and meaning, thereby enhancing the clarity with which discourse around these phenomena may occur, both in the research and popular context.

How to cite. Cooper, A. K., Coetzee, S., and Kourie, D. G.: Volunteered geographical information, crowdsourcing, citizen science and neogeography are not the same, Proc. Int. Cartogr. Assoc., 1, 131, https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-proc-1-131-2018, 2018.