Within social networks, people contribute, collaborate, motivate, and communicate to create volunteered geographic information (VGI). …Continue Reading Mapping Social Networks
Category: Resources
Celebrating Native American Heritage Month: New Database
North American Indian Thought and Culture offers autobiographies, biographies, Indian publications, oral histories, personal writings, photographs, drawings, and even audio files. …Continue Reading Celebrating Native American Heritage Month: New Database
Open Access Geospatial Motivators
What motivates people to volunteer geographic information? And are some motivators stronger than others? …Continue Reading Open Access Geospatial Motivators
Green and Gold and Read all Over: Decoding Open Access
Confused by the varieties of Open Access? “Green OA” and “Gold OA” are terms commonly used in scholarly publishing to denote levels of openness….Continue Reading Green and Gold and Read all Over: Decoding Open Access
Potential QuickSearch Down Time
The QuickSearch service will be undergoing maintenance on Saturday, October 29th from 2pm – 8pm local time….Continue Reading Potential QuickSearch Down Time
Open Access Geospatial Data
Did you know that if you have a smartphone and use the map’s location finder or tag yourself at a location, you’re participating in technology available through open access? …Continue Reading Open Access Geospatial Data