TY - JOUR
T1 - Crowdsourcing rural data collection
AU - Ahmed, Adeel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© by Extension Journal, Inc.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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?.
AB - 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?.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84911929916
SN - 1077-5315
VL - 52
JO - Journal of Extension
JF - Journal of Extension
IS - 5
M1 - 5IAW2
ER -