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Gomez-Barron, Jose-PabloCorresponding AuthorManso-Callejo, Miguel-AngelAuthorAlcarria, RamonAuthorIturrioz, TeresaAuthor

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June 9, 2019
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Volunteered Geographic Information System Design: Project and Participation Guidelines

Publicated to: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 5 (7): 108- - 2016-07-01 5(7), DOI: 10.3390/ijgi5070108

Authors:

Gomez-Barron, Jose-Pablo; Manso-Callejo, Miguel-Angel; Alcarria, Ramon; Iturrioz, Teresa
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Affiliations

Tech Univ Madrid UPM, Tech High Sch Topog Geodesy & Cartog Engn, MERCATOR Res Grp Geoinformat Technol, Campus Sur, Madrid 28031, Spain - Author

Abstract

This article sets forth the early phases of a methodological proposal for designing and developing Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) initiatives based on a system perspective analysis in which the components depend and interact dynamically among each other. First, it focuses on those characteristics of VGI projects that present different goals and modes of organization, while using a crowdsourcing strategy to manage participants and contributions. Next, a tool is developed in order to design the central crowdsourced processing unit that is best suited for a specific project definition, associating it with a trend towards crowd-based or community-driven approaches. The design is structured around the characterization of different ways of participating, and the task cognitive demand of working on geo-information management, spatial problem solving and ideation, or knowledge acquisition. Then, the crowdsourcing process design helps to identify what kind of participants are needed and outline subsequent engagement strategies. This is based on an analysis of differences among volunteers' participatory behaviors and the associated set of factors motivating them to contribute, whether on a crowd or community-sourced basis. From a VGI system perspective, this paper presents a set of guidelines and methodological steps in order to align project goals, processes and volunteers and thus successfully attract participation. This methodology helps establish the initial requirements for a VGI system, and, in its current state, it mainly focuses on two components of the system: project and participants.
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Keywords

Agile software-developmentCollaborationCommunityCrowdsourcingMapsMethodologyMotivationOpenstreetmapPublic participationSystem designVolunteered geographic information

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2016, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Geography, Planning and Development. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q3 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Remote Sensing.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-24:

  • WoS: 20
  • Scopus: 22
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-24:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 120.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 120 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 6 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/42685/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 1,123
  • Downloads: 588
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GOMEZ BARRON SIERRA, JOSE PABLO) and Last Author (ITURRIOZ AGUIRRE, TERESA).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GOMEZ BARRON SIERRA, JOSE PABLO.

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Awards linked to the item

We must thank the COST ENERGIC Action IC1203 for providing a funding grant to participate in their Training Schools (VGI and Citizen Science: Engaging, Creating and Understanding-2014; GIS, Crowdsourced Geographical Information and Citizen Science-2015), for the learning experience and exchange of ideas that facilitated this work and served to inspire it.
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