Skip to main content
Book cover

AGILE 2015 pp 53–72Cite as

Applications of Volunteered Geographic Information in Surveying Engineering: A First Approach

Part of the Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography book series (LNGC)

Abstract

Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) has been used in various scientific domains and applications. Surveying Engineering is a field that has not yet exploited concepts like data and service sharing and reuse. This paper aims to suggest a framework that will support data sharing in Surveying Engineering by creating an online spatio-temporal information repository for land surveying projects. A data model to meet the needs for Surveying Engineering applications and accuracy requirements is introduced to facilitate the sharing of VGI information among Surveying Engineers. A fully functional prototype system has been developed and used to apply the proposed methodology in a large scale study undertaken by the Greek Ministry of Culture which involves the mapping of the historic center of Athens as part of the Archaeological Cadastre project. Results coming from data analysis indicate a substantial (~60 %) error reduction and also significant productivity raise (~25 %), while at the same time, the collected data are structured and saved in an online database, accessible by community users—professional Surveying Engineers who can in turn contribute to further improve the available data and services according to the principles of VGI applications.

Keywords

  • Volunteered geographic information
  • Engineering applications
  • Spatial data and service sharing

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16787-9_4
  • Chapter length: 20 pages
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
  • Exclusive offer for individuals only
  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
eBook
USD   119.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • ISBN: 978-3-319-16787-9
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
  • Exclusive offer for individuals only
  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Hardcover Book
USD   179.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Learn about institutional subscriptions
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
Fig. 11

References

  • Agrawal, R. (2003). Information sharing across private databases. In ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (pp. 86–97). New York: ACM ISBN 1-58113-634-X; doi:10.1145/872757.872771.

  • Bhaduri, B., & Devillers, R. (2012). Role of volunteered geographic information in advancing science: Quality and credibility. s.l., GIScience. p. http://www.ornl.gov/sci/gist/workshops/2012/index.shtml.

  • Danko, D. M. (2012). Geospatial metadata. Springer handbook of geographic information (pp. 191–244). Berlin: Springer.

    Google Scholar 

  • David, C. (2013). Potential contributions and challenges of VGI for conventional topographic base-mapping programs. s.l. The Netherlands: Springer. ISBN Print 978-94-007-4586-5, ISBN Online 978-94-007-4587-2, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4587-2_14.

  • Dobson, M. W. (2013). VGI as a compilation tool for navigation map databases, 17. In D. Sui., S. Elwood, & M. Goodchild (Eds.) Crowdsourcing geographic knowledge (pp. 307–327). Netherlands: Springer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Elwood, S. (2008). Geographic information science: New geovisualization technologies—emerging questions and linkages with GIScience research. Progress in Human Geography, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1177/0309132508094076.

  • Fonseca, F. T. et al. (2002). Using ontologies for integrated geographic information systems. Transactions in GIS, 6, 231–257. doi:10.1111/1467-9671.00109.

  • Ghilani, C. D., & Wolf, P. R. (2008). Elementary surveying: An introduction to geomatics. New Jersey: Prentice Hall (ISBN-13 978-0132554343, ISBN-10 0132554348).

    Google Scholar 

  • Goodchild, M. F. (2011). Citizens as sensors: The world of volunteered geography. GeoJournal, 69, 211–221. The Netherlands: Springer. (Print ISSN: 0343-2521, Online ISSN: 1572-9893, doi:10.1007/s10708-007-9111-y).

  • Moffitt, F. H. (1998). Surveying. Boston: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0673997529, 9780673997524.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mohsen, K. (2013) Crowdsourced metadata supporting crowdsourced geospatial data. International Workshop on Action and Interaction in Volunteered Geographic Information (ACTIVITY). Leuven, Belgium: AGILE 2013. http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/geomatics/agile2013/programme.html.

  • Ozyer, T., Kianmehr, K., & Tan, M. (2012). Recent trends int information reuse and integration. New York: Springer. (ISBN Print 978–3-7091-0737-9, ISBN Online 978-3-7091-0738-6, doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-0738-6).

  • Park, J., Lee, S., & Suh, Y. (2013). Development of an android-based App for total station surveying and Korean society of remote sensing. Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(2), pp. 253–261. ISSN Print: 1225-6161, ISSN Online: 2287-9307.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pinto, J. K. (2000). Information sharing in an interorganizational GIS environment. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 27, 455–474. doi:10.1068/b2652.

  • Poore, B. S., & Wolf, E. B. (2013). Metadata squared: Enhancing its usability for volunteered geographic information and the GeoWeb. In Crowdsourcing geographic knowledge (pp. 43–64). Springer: The Netherlands, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4587-2_4.

  • Ramos, J. M., Vandecasteele, A., & Devillers, R. (2013). Semantic integration of authoritative and volunteered geographic information (VGI) using ontologies. Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe (AGILE).

    Google Scholar 

  • Rimal, B. P., & Lumb, I. (2009). A taxonomy and survey of cloud computing systems. In 2009 Fifth International Joint Conference on INC, IMS and IDC (pp. 44–51). Seoul: IEEE 2009. E-ISBN : 978-0-7695-3769-6, Print ISBN: 978-1-4244-5209-5, doi:10.1109/NCM.2009.218.

Download references

Acknowledgments

Measurements and data produced in a study undertaken by the Greek Ministry of Culture about the mapping of the historic center of Athens (part of the Greek Archaeological Cadastre project) have been used in this work.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece

    Ioannis Sofos & Maria Tsakiri

  2. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Vassilios Vescoukis

Authors
  1. Ioannis Sofos
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Vassilios Vescoukis
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Maria Tsakiri
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Ioannis Sofos .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. NOVA IMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Fernando Bacao

  2. School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Maribel Yasmina Santos

  3. NOVA IMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Marco Painho

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

Copyright information

© 2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Sofos, I., Vescoukis, V., Tsakiri, M. (2015). Applications of Volunteered Geographic Information in Surveying Engineering: A First Approach. In: Bacao, F., Santos, M., Painho, M. (eds) AGILE 2015. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16787-9_4

Download citation