Citizen Empowered Mapping

Foreword.- introduction.- Part I: Data Acquisition and Modeling.- Chapter 1. Level of Details Harmonization Operations in OpenStreetMap Based Large Scale Maps.- Chapter 2. Cartographic Representation of Soundscape: Proposals and Assessment.- Chapter 3. Evaluating the Current State of Geospatial Software as a Service Platforms: A Comparison Study.- Chapter 4. Big geo-data handling based on parallel and distributed system’s strategies.- Chapter 5. Productive Networks and Indirect Locations.- Part II: Data Quality and Reliability.-  Chapter 6.Assessment of Volunteered Geographic Information Data Quality in The National Map Corps Project of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).- Chapter 7. On Reliability of Routes Computed Based on Crowdsourced Points of Interest.- Chapter 8. A Comparison of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) Collected in Rural Areas to VGI Collected in Urban and Suburban Areas of the United States.- Part III: Environmental Monitoring and Perception.- Chapter 9. Identifying Frostquakes in Central Canada and Neighbouring Regions in the United States with Social Media.- Chapter 10. Structuring Volunteered Geographic Information Collection to Improve Information Processing Efficiency in Environmental Management.- Chapter 11.  Volunteered Geographic Information for Building Territorial Governance in Mexico City: The Case of The Roma Neighborhood .- Chapter 12. Crowdsourcing of environmental health quality perceptions: A pilot study of Kroměříž, Czech Republic.