Esri survey123 tool – rapid prototyping geographical citizen science tool

There are several applications that allow creating forms rapidly - such as Open Data Kit (ODK) or EpiCollect. Now, there is another offering from Esri, in the form of Survey123 app - which is explained in the video below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww7oh3p4_Vo Survey123 is integrated into ArcGIS Online, so you need an ArcGIS account to use it …

OpenStreetMap in GIScience – Experiences, Research, and Applications

A new book has just been published about OpenStreetMap and Geographic Information Science. The book, which was edited by Jamal Jokar Arsanjani, Alexander Zipf, Peter Mooney, Marco Helbich  is “OpenStreetMap in GISciene : Experiences, Research, and applications” contains 16 chapters on different aspects of OpenStreetMap in GIScience including 1) Data Management and Quality, 2) Social Context, 3) …