Get Free Shipping on orders over $0
Evaluating Participatory Mapping Software : Earth and Environmental Science (R0) - Charla M. Burnett

Evaluating Participatory Mapping Software

By: Charla M. Burnett (Editor)

eText | 21 April 2023

At a Glance

eText


$219.00

or 4 interest-free payments of $54.75 with

 or 

Instant online reading in your Booktopia eTextbook Library *

Why choose an eTextbook?

Instant Access *

Purchase and read your book immediately

Read Aloud

Listen and follow along as Bookshelf reads to you

Study Tools

Built-in study tools like highlights and more

* eTextbooks are not downloadable to your eReader or an app and can be accessed via web browsers only. You must be connected to the internet and have no technical issues with your device or browser that could prevent the eTextbook from operating.

This volume provides a framework for evaluating geospatial software for participatory mapping. The evaluation is based on ten key indicators: ethics, cost, technical level, inclusiveness, data accuracy, data privacy, analytical capacity, visualization capacity, openness, and accessibility (i.e., mobile friendly or offline capabilities). Each application is evaluated by a user and cross analyzed with specific case studies of the software's real-world application. This framework does not discriminate against assessing volunteered geographic information (VGI) applications, as a form of participatory mapping, in circumstances that its application is spearheaded by underrepresented groups with the intent to empower and spark political or behavioral change within formal and informal institutions. Each chapter follows a strict template to ensure that the information within the volume can be updated periodically to match the ever-changing technological environment. The book covers twelve different mapping applications with the goal of creating a comparative evaluation framework that can be easily interpreted by convening institutions and novice users. This will also help identify gaps in software for participatory mapping which will help to inform application development in the future and updates to current geospatial software.

on
Desktop
Tablet
Mobile

More in Geography

Tom Appleby, Convict Boy - Jackie French

eBOOK

Living on the Edge - Yvonne Claypole

eBOOK

High and Dry - Guy Pearse

eBOOK

$15.99

Letters from Everest - George Lowe

eBOOK

Welcome to the Outback - Sue Williams

eBOOK

A Life of Extremes - Jeff McMullen

eBOOK