Usability of VGI for validation of land cover maps

Fonte, Cidalia, Bastin, Lucy, See, Linda, Foody, Giles M. and Lupia, Flavio (2015) Usability of VGI for validation of land cover maps. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 29 (7). pp. 1269-1291. ISSN 1365-8824

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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 which 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.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Africa Review on 17/03/2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13658816.2015.1018266
Keywords: VGI, Land Cover/Land Use, Quality, Validation, Crowdsourcing
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Geography
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2015.1018266
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 14 Mar 2016 11:54
Last Modified: 15 Oct 2017 18:47
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/32270

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