Crowdsourcing rural data collection

Adeel Ahmed

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Abstract

The rise of geospatial information on popular websites and its comparative lack in rural areas prompted the pilot project described here to apply crowdsourcing techniques to community mapping. The 3-month project yielded many valuable lessons to apply to future endeavors, but did not yield enough point-ofinterest (POI) data to merit an analysis of its accuracy. Results were disappointing in that few POIs were collected, despite participants' initial enthusiasm and hours of training. Key questions for the future are the following. Is it feasible to sustain volunteer-based community mapping efforts in rural areas? And, if so, what kind of incentives should be offered?.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number5IAW2
JournalJournal of Extension
Volume52
Issue number5
StatePublished - 2014

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