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CROWD SOURCING OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON PUBLIC ASSETS AND AMENITIES BY AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE |
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Background: Crowd sourcing is a participative online activity in which citizens of varying knowledge and heterogeneity voluntarily involve in capturing geographic information sought by crowd source for mutual benefit. This project is funded by Karnataka Knowledge Commission to capture crowd sourced geographic information (GI) on public assets and community resources by training department officials and local youths.
The
utilization of geospatial data and services for a wide range of
uses has seen a steady growth in recent years. Recently planners
and administrators have indicated that the available spatial
data do not suffice the needs of planning at micro level. Based
on the felt need, a study has been taken up to assess the
capability of crowd sourcing to capture GI by authorities on
public assets and community resources to enrich and augment the
spatial content of the data. Crowd sourcing through authorised
sources enables authoritative data available at micro level in a
short span of time at nominal cost. Based on the experience
gained in exploring the concept of crowd sourcing in Gram
Panchayaths coming under Bangalore Rural District and Gulbarga
District, the council has taken up few more Gram Panchayath for
studying the ease at which these technologies can be used for
collecting and collating information on infrastructure and
resources in short span of time. |
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