Re: [ontolog-forum] Crowdsourcing systems

[Gary Berg-Cross <gbergcross@xxxxxxxxx>]

Crowdsourcing or volunteered based info is big in the geospatial domain.

Open Street Maps, for example, has been going for a while and providing good map into based on crowdsourcing. You can things like London streets at http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=5/51.500/-0.100

Mike Goodchild dicussed this idea in "CITIZENS AS SENSORS: THE WORLD OF VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHY" in 2008 (http://www.iapad.org/publications/ppgis/Goodchild_VGI2007.pdf) noting some of the underlying technology and approaches and the motivation of volunteers. Since then there has been some steady progress in its use in disasters such as the Haitian Earthquake which demonstrates the power of inline maps, volunteered data, mobile Apps etc. 

The Ushahidi Haiti Project (UHP) was a volunteer-driven effort to produce a crisis map after the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti. You can see an evaluation of its effectiveness and plans for improvement such as how to train volunteers at:

http://ggs684.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/60819963/1282.pdf

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On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

John & All,

I happened to stumble upon the PBS feature called "What Will the
Future Be Like?"  - ref. (not 100% sure, maybe this is not available
everywhere): http://video.pbs.org/video/2303503361/

You might find the segment towards the end (between timepoints 0:39:51
and 0:51:36 in this programs that is 0:52:37 long) where they talked
about a couple of examples on "crowdsourcing' Science. It's intriguing
(in case you haven't had a chance to view that already!)

... there's obviously an opportunity for Ontology there, somewhere!

Regards. =ppy
--

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Two of my favorite authors on the subject matter (a tad broader than
> "just crowdsourcing", though) are Howard Rhinegold and Yochai Benkler
> - plenty of great material available online ... just google their
> names, in case you haven't already read up on their work.
>
> Benkler gave a wonderful talk at our "Ontology in Knowledge Management
> and Decision Support (OKMDS)" miniseries back in 2008. You can find
> his talk at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_05_08
>
> Regards. =ppy
> --


> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:20 PM, John Bottoms
> <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Peter,
>>
>> I just finished reading "Crowdsourcing" by Daren Brabham. He touches a
>> little on theory, but it is not complete by today's standards.
>>
>> Are there any other materials or books you could recommend?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -John Bottoms

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