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Collaborative mapping

Collaborative mapping, also known as citizen mapping, is the aggregation of Web mapping and user-generated content, from a group of individuals or entities, and can take several distinct forms. With the growth of technology for storing and sharing maps, collaborative maps have become competitors to commercial services, in the case of OpenStreetMap, or…

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Types

Geosocial networkingWikiMapiaRevision controlAPIsWiki
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Collaborative robotic mapping

Robot navigationSimultaneous localization and mapping
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Data collection tools

Satellite navigationODKVersion control systemPoint of InterestBlockchain
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Humanitarian collaborative mapping

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
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Humanitarian collaborative mapping

Collaborative robotic mapping

Private local collaboration using maps

Quality assurance

Data collection tools

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Collaborative mapping

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples41
Avg. degree1.95
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Collaborative mapping

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related to Types · 9
Collaborative mapping → Collaborative, Despite, For, In, One, OpenStreetMap, Placeopedia, WikiMapia, Wikipedia
see also · 8
Collaborative mapping → Category, Collaborative, GISPublic, GISVirtual, GPS, OpenStreetMap Team, Virtual, Web
related to Data collection tools · 5
Collaborative mapping → An, Collaborative, GPS, ODK, Open Source
related to Private local collaboration using maps · 5
Collaborative mapping → Google MapsWegovnow, Murmurations, Profiles, Some, Suitable
related to Quality assurance · 4
Collaborative mapping → If, The, Wikipedia, Wikiversity
related to External links · 3
Collaborative mapping → Collaborative, Public-Private-Versioning, Wikiversity
related to Humanitarian collaborative mapping · 3
Collaborative mapping → Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Malaria, OpenStreetMap
is a · 1
Collaborative mapping → special case of the larger phenomenon known as crowd sourcing

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mapping collaborative map data information maps openstreetmap geolocation citizens quality like individuals community tools overlays content services used user geographic

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Collaborative mappingis aspecial case of the larger phenomenon known as crowd sourcing0.90text
OpenStreetMap can be considered as being as trustworthy as professionally produced mapsOverlays group together items on a mapinstance ofcollaborative mapping platforms0.80text
allowing the user of the map to toggle the overlay's visibilityinstance ofcollaborative mapping platforms0.80text
thus all items contained in the overlayinstance ofcollaborative mapping platforms0.80text
Collaborative mappingrelated to Data collection toolsCollaborative0.60section
Collaborative mappingrelated to Data collection toolsGPS0.60section
Collaborative mappingrelated to Data collection toolsOpen Source0.60section
Collaborative mappingrelated to Data collection toolsODK0.60section
Collaborative mappingrelated to Data collection toolsAn0.60section
Collaborative mappingrelated to External linksWikiversity0.60section
Collaborative mappingrelated to External linksCollaborative0.60section
Collaborative mappingrelated to External linksPublic-Private-Versioning0.60section

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