Crowdsourcing geographic information for disaster response: a research frontier

摘要: Abstract Geographic data and tools are essential in all aspects of emergency management: preparedness, response, recovery, mitigation. information created by amateur citizens, often known as volunteered geographic information, has recently provided an interesting alternative to traditional authoritative from mapping agencies corporations, several recent papers have the beginnings a literature on more fundamental issues raised this new source. Data quality is major concern, since asserted carries none assurances that lead trust officially data. During emergencies time essence, risks associated with outweighed benefits its use. An example discussed using four wildfires impacted Santa Barbara area 2007–2009, lessons drawn.