Prostovoljno množično zajemanje prostorskih podatkov ( = Crowdsourcing of volunteered spatial data)

• Main Author: Radoš Šumrada
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Association of Surveyors of Slovenia (Zveza geodetov Slovenije) 2013-12-01
• Series: Geodetski Vestnik
• Subjects: COST action; VGI; crowdsourcing; voluntary spatial data
• Online Access: http://www.geodetski-vestnik.com/sl/11-clanki-doi/181-gv57-4-sumrada

Crowdsourcing can be a starting-point for the process of spatial data-gathering in the field of land management, cadastral systems and other databases holding spatial data. Such voluntary supply of spatial data on the part of users might significantly improve the acquisition and especially the updating of spatial databases. The crowdsourcing process also has perceivable influence on the quality of formal spatial data. Therefore, this research domain is, together with information technology, a highly promising developing concept with respect to the effectiveness of such activities. Voluntary massive data acquisition, besides professional doubts, also brings several legal, organizational, economic and social concerns that should be resolved in parallel with rapid technological development. Thus far, international cooperation in the domain of voluntary massive spatial data supply does not yet exist to an appropriate extent. The COST ICT action IC1203 "European Network Exploring Research into Geospatial Information Crowdsourcing: software and methodologies for harnessing geographic information from the crowd" (ENERGIC) enables the connections and exchange of scientific methodology and technological sources in the field of massive data acquisition from informal sources.