Geo-wiki.org By IIASA, FHWN, FELIS Christian Schill University of Freiburg Dep. Remote Sensing and Landscape Information systems

Geo-wiki.orgBy IIASA, FHWN, FELIS

Christian SchillUniversity of Freiburg

Dep. Remote Sensing and LandscapeInformation systems

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@IIASA, 2012-01-18 Christian Schill, University Freiburg

Geo-wiki.org

Crowdsourcing platform to collect land cover validations Crowdsourcing platform to collect land cover validations based on local citizens’ experience and/or Google Earth based on local citizens’ experience and/or Google Earth imagryimagry

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Geo-wiki.org

• example for VGI and crowdsourcingexample for VGI and crowdsourcing

• Candidate pilot platform for WP11 “land Candidate pilot platform for WP11 “land change” ?change” ?

• Sensors: Sensors: – Currently people onlyCurrently people only– soon: their smartphone camera with GPS soon: their smartphone camera with GPS

and compass and compass

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Several flavours of geowiki already exist, e.g.Several flavours of geowiki already exist, e.g.

• landspotting.orglandspotting.org

• agriculture.geo-wiki.org (coll. with JRC)agriculture.geo-wiki.org (coll. with JRC)

• biomass.geo-wiki.orgbiomass.geo-wiki.org

• humanimpact.geo-wiki.orghumanimpact.geo-wiki.org

• Geowiki mobileGeowiki mobile

And more.. And more..

Geowiki diversifies

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Standing

Geo-wiki hasGeo-wiki has• drawn a lot of attention in the drawn a lot of attention in the

scientific community (e.g. GEO scientific community (e.g. GEO showcase in Beijing)showcase in Beijing)

• Is accepted and used as e.g. a Is accepted and used as e.g. a scientific validation toolscientific validation tool

• Has a (expert and non-expert) Has a (expert and non-expert) community user base of ~ 500 community user base of ~ 500 users in different geo-wiki branchesusers in different geo-wiki branches

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Engage the Community

• No broad advertisement initiative done• „funnier“ to validate galaxies rather

than LC? serious games

• More social networking (blogs etc) necessary

• Aims at Global initiative, but atm restricted to English and Latin alphabet

• Obviously based on internet technology, but lack of this technology still in many parts of the world* (cf. Cashew initiative by SAP)

* See Goodchild 2007

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Geowiki architecture

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Web 2.0 Broker

Web 2.0 client

Web 2.0 client

Web 2.0 Broker

Web 2.0 Broker

Twitter

Flicker

YouTube

EuroGEOSS Discovery Broker

Web

2.0

SDI

Broker and following slide byEuroGEOSS projectDr. Laura Diaz Geospatial technologies research groupUniversitat Jaume I 12071, Castellon, Spain

Integrate Volunteered Geographic Information – though collected for different purpose – into e.g. geo-wiki

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GW as Web 2.0 Broker Client

Example vgi.geo-wiki.org, • BBOX in SE Asia (Thailand)• flickr content in BBOX tagged “nature”• Combined disagreement map in the background

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Geowiki Components

+ Google Earth APIstick to OpenSource wherever

possible

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• The 3D globe still offers the best „free“ imagry with The 3D globe still offers the best „free“ imagry with highest resolutionhighest resolution

• ease of integrationease of integration

• at the time of start the only 3D tool that integrated into at the time of start the only 3D tool that integrated into a browser (via the GE plugin)a browser (via the GE plugin)

• Last not least: Fascination 3D (could do it 2D only?!)Last not least: Fascination 3D (could do it 2D only?!)

This was all Open Source, but

Why Google Earth API?

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Thanks for your interest!

Christian Schill

University of Freiburg

Dep. Remote Sensing and Landscape

Information systems

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Geo-wiki.org By IIASA, FHWN, FELIS Christian Schill University of Freiburg Dep. Remote Sensing and Landscape Information systems