Date of Award
10-2016
Document Type
Masters Capstone Project
Degree Name
M.S. in Geographic Information Science
Organizational Unit
College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Geography and the Environment
Keywords
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), United States Geological Survey’s National Map Corps, OpenStreetMap
Abstract
This project determines how two different systems based on geographic user-generated content can work together to allow the content to be made more accessible. This project’s objective is to determine the technical and social issues involved with allowing information to be transferred between systems.
Specifically, this project works with information from two volunteer systems: 1) The United States Geological Survey’s National Map Corps, 2) A global volunteer mapping project called OpenStreetMap.
This project discusses the history of both systems and how they have dealt with importing data in the past. It reviews what has worked well with previous imports and determines the best approach for merging volunteered datasets. It includes software that demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed importation process.
Copyright Date
10-1-2016
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
All Rights Reserved.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
James McAndrew
Provenance
Received from author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
63 pgs
File Size
1.1 MB
Recommended Citation
McAndrew, James, "Merging Volunteered Geographic Information Systems" (2016). Geography and the Environment: Graduate Student Capstones. 54.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/geog_ms_capstone/54