Toward a participatory VGI methodology: crowdsourcing information on regional food assets

摘要: ABSTRACTLocal knowledge has been underrepresented in food-related policies and planning. The goal of this research was to engage members a local food community generate volunteered geographic information (VGI) on assets. During active data collection, over 200 assets were reported. This paper details the systematic approach used create VGI, which emphasizes socio-cultural context surrounding mapping technology. project began with an identified need connect learn from community. participants drawn system stakeholders, Geoweb infrastructure selected based publicly available crowdsourcing tools. resulting VGI is presented according functions: input (Web traffic, contributors, types), management (contribution vetting, privacy), analysis (typology input), presentation (sharing submitted data). Despite limitations, study revealed hyper-local community-driven perspec...