The emergence and evolution of OpenStreetMap: a cellular automata approach

Arsanjani, Jamal Jokar; Helbich, Marco; Bakillah, Mohamed; Loos, Lukas

doi:10.1080/17538947.2013.847125

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“…In addition to previous work, the authors extracted re-occurring mapper profiles. In a subsequent work, authors started to use the data on previous community development for predicting future development [11]. Contributing to the same research strand, Mooney and Corcoran [12] focused their analyses on heavily edited objects and investigated the share of contributors being responsible for a majority of edits.…”

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A Framework for Data-Centric Analysis of Mapping Activity in the Context of Volunteered Geographic Information

Rehrl

Gröchenig

2016

IJGI

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Abstract:Over the last decade, volunteered geographic information (VGI) has become established as one of the most relevant geographic data sources in terms of worldwide coverage, representation of local knowledge and open data policies. Beside the data itself, data about community activity provides valuable insights into the mapping progress which can be useful for estimating data quality, understanding the activity of VGI communities or predicting future developments. This work proposes a conceptual as well as technical framework for structuring and analyzing mapping activity building on the concepts of activity theory. Taking OpenStreetMap as an example, the work outlines the necessary steps for converting database changes into user-and feature-centered operations and higher-level actions acting as a universal scheme for arbitrary spatio-temporal analyses of mapping activities. Different examples from continent to region and city-scale analyses demonstrate the practicability of the approach. Instead of focusing on the interpretation of specific analysis results, the work contributes on a meta-level by addressing several conceptual and technical questions with respect to the overall process of analyzing VGI community activity.

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A Framework for Data-Centric Analysis of Mapping Activity in the Context of Volunteered Geographic Information

Rehrl

Gröchenig

2016

IJGI

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“…Arsanjani et al (2015) even simulated the potential evolution of OSM through a cellular automata model. In a study of the road network in Beijing, Zhao et al (2015) demonstrated how the mapping behaviour advances OSM data, in particular, how the evolution of the road network is shaped by exploration and densification activities.…”

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The OpenStreetMap folksonomy and its evolution

Mocnik

Zipf

Raifer

2017

Geo-spatial Information Science

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The comprehension of folksonomies is of high importance when making sense of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), in particular in the case of OpenStreetMap (OSM). So far, only little research has been conducted to understand the role and the evolution of folksonomies in VGI and OSM, which is despite the fact that without a comprehension of the folksonomies the thematic dimension of data can hardly be used. This article examines the history of the OSM folksonomy, with the aim to predict its future evolution. In particular, we explore how the documentation of the OSM folksonomy relates to its actual use in the data, and we investigate the historical and future scope and granularity of the folksonomy. Finally, a visualization technique is proposed to examine the folksonomy in more detail. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Typically, the quality assessment of VGI is carried out by comparing VGI with external reference datagenerally in the form of authoritative data such as national topographic maps. Most studies of quality assessment for VGI have focussed on OSM, especially with regard to the data's positional accuracy (Haklay, 2010;Haklay et al, 2010;Neis et al, 2011;Canavosio-Zuzelski et al, 2013), completeness (Haklay, 2010;Neis et al, 2011;Hecht et al, 2013) semantic accuracy (Fan et al, 2014) and currency (Jokar Arsanjani et al, 2013). Few studies have focused on intrinsic quality assessment, which is necessary to assess VGI data quality in the absence of an external authoritative reference (Barron et al, 2014), perhaps because of the lack of consistent information about contributors, their skills, protocols by which VGI were collected, or the goals of the VGI projects.…”

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Vgi Quality Control

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ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:This paper presents a framework for considering quality control of volunteered geographic information (VGI). Different issues need to be considered during the conception, acquisition and post-acquisition phases of VGI creation. This includes items such as collecting metadata on the volunteer, providing suitable training, giving corrective feedback during the mapping process and use of control data, among others. Two examples of VGI data collection are then considered with respect to this quality control framework, i.e. VGI data collection by National Mapping Agencies and by the most recent Geo-Wiki tool, a game called Cropland Capture. Although good practices are beginning to emerge, there is still the need for the development and sharing of best practice, especially if VGI is to be integrated with authoritative map products or used for calibration and/or validation of land cover in the future.

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The emergence and evolution of OpenStreetMap: a cellular automata approach

Cited by 50 publications

References 35 publications

A Framework for Data-Centric Analysis of Mapping Activity in the Context of Volunteered Geographic Information

A Framework for Data-Centric Analysis of Mapping Activity in the Context of Volunteered Geographic Information

The OpenStreetMap folksonomy and its evolution

Vgi Quality Control

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