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Priority Programme Volunteered Geographic Information: Interpretation, Visualisation and Social Computing (SPP 1894)
Termin:
29.10.2015
Fördergeber:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
During the last years the availability of spatial data has rapidly developed, in particular through the diffusion of social networks, Web 2.0 platforms and availability of suitable sensor technologies. Characteristic of this development is the involvement of a large number of users, who, often using smart phones and mobile devices, generate and make freely available Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), in the broader sense user generated spatial information. The specific potential of this new information source is based on the characteristics of the underlying data, such as real-time availability, event-driven generation, and subjectivity, all with an implicit or explicit spatial reference. For the information society, these data can support a variety of applications for the solution of grand societal challenges e.g. in the fields of environment and disaster management, health, transport or citizen participation.
The Priority Programme aims to provide a scientific basis for raising the potential of VGI- and sensor data. Three main research domains are especially relevant for the advancement of VGI, namely "Information Retrieval and Analysis of VGI", "Geovisualisation and Cartographic Communication" and "Social Context". Methodological research is required within these three domains, where the following sub-topics are of particular interest:
Information Retrieval and Analysis of VGI
- information extraction (space, time, semantics)
- data aggregation and fusion of different sources and space/time scales
- identification of patterns and correlations in VGI
- new processing paradigms for large data streams
- search and exploration of VGI
Geovisualisation and Cartographic Communication
- visualisation methods suitable for VGI (streaming, multivariate, metadata, quality)
- real-time visualisation and abstraction
- user feedback, collaboration and interaction
- theoretical frameworks for VGI visualisation
Social Context
- interfacing subjective classification and common ontologies, preservation of consistency
- social context dependent data capture, use and dissemination
- reliability and trustworthiness, information quality
- motivation, participation, privacy
Contact:
Institute of Cartography
Helmholtzstr. 10
01062 Dresden
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dirk Burghardt
Phone: +49 351 463-36200
e-mail: dirk.burghardt@tu-dresden.de
Further Information:
http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/info_wissenschaft_15_41/index.html
The Priority Programme aims to provide a scientific basis for raising the potential of VGI- and sensor data. Three main research domains are especially relevant for the advancement of VGI, namely "Information Retrieval and Analysis of VGI", "Geovisualisation and Cartographic Communication" and "Social Context". Methodological research is required within these three domains, where the following sub-topics are of particular interest:
Information Retrieval and Analysis of VGI
- information extraction (space, time, semantics)
- data aggregation and fusion of different sources and space/time scales
- identification of patterns and correlations in VGI
- new processing paradigms for large data streams
- search and exploration of VGI
Geovisualisation and Cartographic Communication
- visualisation methods suitable for VGI (streaming, multivariate, metadata, quality)
- real-time visualisation and abstraction
- user feedback, collaboration and interaction
- theoretical frameworks for VGI visualisation
Social Context
- interfacing subjective classification and common ontologies, preservation of consistency
- social context dependent data capture, use and dissemination
- reliability and trustworthiness, information quality
- motivation, participation, privacy
Contact:
Institute of Cartography
Helmholtzstr. 10
01062 Dresden
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dirk Burghardt
Phone: +49 351 463-36200
e-mail: dirk.burghardt@tu-dresden.de
Further Information:
http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/info_wissenschaft_15_41/index.html