Category: PPGIS

Notes from ICCB/ECCB 2015 (Day 3) – Citizen Science, engaging local knowledge and urban areas

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The third day of the ICCB/ECCB 2015 (here are notes from first and second days) was packed with sessions about citizen science and local knowledge throughout the day (so this post is very very long!). It started with two sessions on citizen science / public participation in science that included the following talks: Citizen science online: … Continue reading Notes from ICCB/ECCB 2015 (Day 3) – Citizen Science, engaging local knowledge and urban areas

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Esri survey123 tool – rapid prototyping geographical citizen science tool

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There are several applications that allow creating forms rapidly – such as Open Data Kit (ODK) or EpiCollect. Now, there is another offering from Esri, in the form of Survey123 app – which is explained in the video below. Survey123 is integrated into ArcGIS Online, so you need an ArcGIS account to use it (you … Continue reading Esri survey123 tool – rapid prototyping geographical citizen science tool

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arcgis, ArcGIS Online, citizen science, Crowdsourcing, data collection, Data Management, esri, GIS, GIS Usability, PGIS, PPGIS, Survey123, Usability, VGI, Volunteered Geographic Information

Call for papers – special issue of the Cartographic Journal on Participatory GIS

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Call for papers on a special issue on past, present and future of Participatory GIS and Public Participation in GIS. In the 1990s, participatory GIS (PGIS) and Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) emerged as an approach and tool to make geospatial technologies more relevant and accessible to marginalized groups. The goal has been to integrate the qualitative … Continue reading Call for papers – special issue of the Cartographic Journal on Participatory GIS

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citizen science, GeoWeb, GIS, Papers, participatory action research, participatory GIS, Participatory Mapping, PGIS, PPGIS, Public Participation GIS, The Cartographic Journal, VGI, Volunteered Geographic Information

COST Energic Summer School on VGI and Citizen Science in Malta

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COST Energic organised a second summer school that is dedicated to Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and citizen science. This time, the school was run by the Institute for Climate Change & Sustainable Development of the University of Malta. with almost 40 participants from across Europe and beyond (Brazil, New Zealand), and, of course, participants from … Continue reading COST Energic Summer School on VGI and Citizen Science in Malta

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citizen science, COST ENERGIC, COST IC1203, data collection, DIY electronics, GIS, Malta, OpenStreetMap, Participatory Sensing, PPGIS, Summer school, University of Malta, VGI, Volunteered Geographic Information

Citizen Science in the Research Evaluation Framework impact studies

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In the UK, every 5 years or so, there is a complex and expensive process that evaluates the work of academics in research institutions across the country, and rate them in terms of quality (see the infographics). The last round of this process was called ‘Research Evaluation Framework’ or REF for short. You don’t need … Continue reading Citizen Science in the Research Evaluation Framework impact studies

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citizen cyberscience, citizen science, Concepts, Extreme Citizen Science, Impact Case Studies, OPAL, Open Air Laboratories, PPGIS, REF 2014, Research Evaluation Framework, VGI, Zooniverse

AAG 2015 – day 4 notes – Citizen Science & OpenStreetMap Studies

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The last day of AAG 2015 is about citizen science and OpenStreetMap studies. The session Beyond motivation? Understanding enthusiasm in citizen science and volunteered geographic information was organised together with Hilary Geoghegan. We were interest to ‘explore and debate current research and practice moving beyond motivation, to consider the associated enthusiasm, materials and meanings of participating in citizen … Continue reading AAG 2015 – day 4 notes – Citizen Science & OpenStreetMap Studies

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AAG 2015 notes – day 2 – Public Participation GIS symposium

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The second day was dedicated to reflections on Public Participation GIS or Participatory GIS. The day was organised by Rina Ghose and Bandana Karr with some comments from Renee Sieber and me at some stage. It turned out to be an excellent symposium. The following are my notes from the different talks during the day. Jon … Continue reading AAG 2015 notes – day 2 – Public Participation GIS symposium

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AAG, AAG2015, citizen science, Community Engagement, Conference, Environmental information, GIS, Neoliberalism, participatory GIS, Participatory Mapping, PGIS, PPGIS, Public Participation, TEK, VGI

AAG 2015 notes – day 1

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At 8:00 I’ve attended the Digital Connectivity, Inclusion, and Inequality at the World’s Economic Peripheries  session asking ‘what difference people expect better connectivity to make at the world’s economic peripheries’. I took notes from the presentations of Nancy Ettlinger, Dorothea Kleine and Lisa Poggiali. Nancy Ettlinger analysed crwodsourcing from governance perspective – using Foucauldian analysis. She looks at … Continue reading AAG 2015 notes – day 1

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GISRUK 2015 papers: participatory mapping in Nairobi and mobile apps for Earthquake and Fire

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The GIS Research UK conferences (GISRUK) are the annual gathering of the GIScience research community in the UK. While I have missed the last two (including the current one in Leeds), I have contributed to two papers that are presented in the conference. The first, ‘Participatory mapping for transformation: multiple visual representation of foodscapes and environment … Continue reading GISRUK 2015 papers: participatory mapping in Nairobi and mobile apps for Earthquake and Fire

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AAG sessions – Critical GIScience, GeoWeb and Citizen Science

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The Association of American Geographers conference is just around the corner – between 21 and 24 April, held in Chicago. I’ve already marked some sessions that I think worth noting (and was involved in the organisation of several sessions, too). Here is a list of interesting sessions, following suggestion to do so by David O’Sullivan and … Continue reading AAG sessions – Critical GIScience, GeoWeb and Citizen Science

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OpenStreetMap in GIScience – Experiences, Research, and Applications

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A new book out about OpenStreetMap and Geographic Information Science. The book, which was edited by Jamal Jokar Arsanjani, Alexander Zipf, Peter Mooney, Marco Helbich  is “OpenStreetMap in GISciene : Experiences, Research, and applications” contains 16 chapters on different aspects of OpenStreetMap in GIScience including 1) Data Management and Quality, 2) Social Context, 3) Network Modeling and … Continue reading OpenStreetMap in GIScience – Experiences, Research, and Applications

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citizen science, critical GIScience, Crowdsourcing, Data Management, Geographic information science, GIS, GIScience, Land Management, OpenStreetMap, OSM, Papers, PPGIS, VGI

Citizens Observatories: Empowering European Society

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A citizens observatory is a concept that evolved at EU policy circles, defining the combination of participatory community monitoring, technology and governance structures that are needed to monitor/observe/manage an environmental issue. About two years ago, the EU FP7 funded 5 citizens observatory projects covering areas from water management to biodiversity monitoring. A meeting at Brussels was […]

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citizen cyberscience, citizen sceince, citizen science, Citizens Observatories, CitObsConf2014, Conference, Crowdsourcing, Environmental information, EU, GIS Usability, Horizon 2020, PPGIS, Public Access, Spatial Data Quality, VGI

Geographies of Co-Production: highlights of the RGS/IBG ’14 conference

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The 3 days of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) or RGS/IBG  annual conference are always valuable, as they provide an opportunity to catch up with the current themes in (mostly human) Geography. While I spend most of my time in an engineering department, I also like to keep my ‘geographer identity’ up to date as this […]

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co-production of knowledge, Conference, GIS, Participatory Mapping, Participatory methods, PPGIS, RGS, RGSIBG14, Royal Geographical Society, Smart Cities

Crowdsourced Geographic Information in Government

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Today marks the publication of the report ‘crowdsourced geographic information in government‘. The report is the result of a collaboration that started in the autumn of last year, when the World Bank Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery(GFDRR)  requested to carry out a study of the way crowdsourced geographic information is used by governments. The […]

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citizen science, Crowdsourcing, Disaster response, GFDRR, GIS, Government, Open Data, OpenStreetMap, Papers, PPGIS, Report, Research projects, VGI, Volunteered Geographic Information, World Bank

Albert Borgmann’s Philosophy of Technology, VGI & Citizen Science

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Some ideas take long time to mature into a form that you are finally happy to share them. This is an example for such thing. I got interested in the area of Philosophy of Technology during my PhD studies, and continue to explore it since. During this journey, I found a lot of inspiration and links […]

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Borgmann, citizen cyberscience, citizen science, Concepts, Cultural Information, Extreme Citizen Science, Focal Things and Practices, GIS, Natural Information, OpenStreetMap, Philosophy of Technology, PPGIS, Technological Information, The Device Paradigm, VGI

Albert Borgmann’s Philosophy of Technology, VGI & Citizen Science

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Some ideas take long time to mature into a form that you are finally happy to share them. This is an example for such thing. I got interested in the area of Philosophy of Technology during my PhD studies, and continue to explore it since. During this journey, I found a lot of inspiration and links […]

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Borgmann, citizen cyberscience, citizen science, Concepts, Cultural Information, Extreme Citizen Science, Focal Things and Practices, GIS, Natural Information, OpenStreetMap, Philosophy of Technology, PPGIS, Technological Information, The Device Paradigm, VGI

‘Keeping the spirit alive’ – preservations of participatory GIS values in the Geoweb

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During the symposium “The Future of PGIS: Learning from Practice?” which was held at ITC-University of Twente, 26 June 2013, I gave a talk titled ‘Keeping the spirit alive’ – preservations of participatory GIS values in the Geoweb, which explored what was are the important values in participatory GIS and how they translate to the […]

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Conference, Extreme Citizen Science, Geographic information system, GeoWeb, GIS, GIS Usability, participatory GIS, PPGIS, VGI

Gartner’s hype cycle and citizen science

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The term ‘Citizen Science’ is clearly gaining more recognition and use. It is now get mentioned in radio and television broadcasts, social media channels as well as conferences and workshops. Some of the clearer signs for the growing attention include discussion of citizen science in policy oriented conferences such as UNESCO’s World Summit on Information Society […]

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citizen cyberscience, citizen science, Concepts, Extreme Citizen Science, Galaxy Zoo, Gartner Hype Cycle, Hype cycle, PPGIS, PPSR, Public Participation, public participation in scientific research, UNESCO, VGI, World Summit on Information Society

Spatial Data Infrastructures, Crowdsourcing and VGI

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The Spatial Data Infrastructure Magazine (SDIMag.com) is a relatively new e-zine dedicated to the development of spatial  data infrastructures around the world. Roger Longhorn, the editor of the magazine, conducted an email interview with me, which is now published. In the interview, we are covering the problematic terminology used to describe a wider range of activities; the […]

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citizen science, interview, OpenStreetMap, PPGIS, SDI, SDI Magazine, spatial data infrastructure, VGI, Volunteered Geographic Information

Citizen Science as Participatory Science

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This post continues to the theme of the previous one, and is also based on the chapter that will appear next year in the book: Sui, D.Z., Elwood, S. and M.F. Goodchild (eds.), 2012. Volunteered Geographic Information, Public Participation, and Crowdsourced Production of Geographic Knowledge. Berlin: Springer. The post focuses on the participatory aspect of […]

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citizen science, Concepts, Extreme Citizen Science, ladder of participation, PPGIS, Public Participation, Research projects, Volunteered Geographic Information

GISRUK 2011 talk – Participatory GIS, Volunteered Geographic Information and Citizen Science

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GIS Research UK (GISRUK) is a long running conference series, and the 2011 instalment was hosted by the University of Portsmouth at the end of April. During the conference, I was asked to give a keynote talk about Participatory GIS. I decided to cover the background of Participatory GIS in the mid-1990s, and the transition […]

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citizen science, citizenscience, Concepts, Conference, ExCiteS, Extreme Citizen Science, GISRUK, Papers, Participatory Mapping, PGIS, PPGIS, VGI, Volunteered Geographic Information

A postdoctoral position and 3 PhD studentships in Extreme Citizen Science

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Following successful funding for the European Union FP7 EveryAware and the EPSRC Extreme Citizen Science activities, the department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at UCL is inviting applications for a postdoctoral position and 3 PhD studentships. Please note that these positions are open to students from any EU country. These positions are in the […]

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citizen science, Environmental information, EPSRC, Extreme Citizen Science, GeoWeb, GIS, GIS Usability, OpenStreetMap, PhD, postdoc, PPGIS, Research projects, studentship, Usability, VGI, Volunteered Geographic Information

Extreme Citizen Science – ExCiteS

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Challenging Engineering is an EPSRC programme aimed at supporting individuals in building  a research group and to ‘establish themselves as the future leaders of research’. As can be imagined, this is a both prestigious and well-funded programme – it provides enough resources to establish a group, recruit postdoctoral and PhD researchers, visit external laboratories and […]

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