Open AccessAssessment of OpenStreetMap Data - A Review
Author(s) -
Sukhjit Singh Sehra,
Jaiteg Singh,
Hardeep Singh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of computer applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-8887
DOI - 10.5120/13331-0888
Subject(s) - crowdsourcing , computer science , data science , focus (optics) , volunteered geographic information , meaning (existential) , work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , world wide web , data quality , open data , mechanical engineering , psychology , metric (unit) , philosophy , operations management , physics , epistemology , optics , economics , psychotherapist , engineering
The meaning and purposes of web has been changing and evolving day by day.Web 2. 0 encouraged more contribution by the end users. This movement providedrevolutionary methods of sharing and computing data by crowdsourcing such asOpenStreetmap, also called "the wikification of maps" by some researchers. Whencrowdsourcing collects huge data with help of general public with varying levelof mapping experience, the focus of researcher should be on analysing the datarather than collecting it. Researchers have assessed the quality ofOpenStreetMap data by comparing it with proprietary data or data ofgovernmental map agencies. This study reviews the research work for assessmentof Open- StreetMap Data and also discusses about the future directions.Comment: Review pape