The Computational Geowiki: What, Why, and How
Submitted by abrandt on Mon, 2009-02-02 11:43.
| Publication Type | | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | | 2008 |
| Authors | | Priedhorsky, R.; Terveen, L. |
| Conference Name | | Computer Supported Cooperative Work |
| Abstract | | Google Maps and its spin-offs are highly successful, but they have a major limitation: users see only pictures of geographic data. These data are inaccessible except by limited vendor-defined APIs, and associated user data are weakly linked to them. But some applications require access, specifically geowikis and computational geowikis. We present the design and implementation of a computational geowiki. We also show empirically that both geowiki and computational geowiki features are necessary for a representative domain, bicycling, because (a) cyclists have useful knowledge unavailable except from cyclists and (b) cyclist-oriented automatic route-finding is enhanced by user input. Finally, we derive design implications: for example, user contributions presented within a route description are useful, and wikis should support contribution of opinion as well as fact.
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| DOI | | http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1460563.1460606 |
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