Provenance and Trust in Volunteered Geographic Information: The Case of OpenStreetMap

Keßler Carsten, Trame Johannes, Kauppinen Tomi

Abstract in digital collection (conference) | Peer reviewed

Abstract

We propose to use the trustworthiness of features in Open- StreetMap as a proxy function for data quality, where a feature's trust value is computed solely from its history. The trustworthiness is based on the di erent contribution patterns that can be found in a feature's history, such as rollbacks or deletions. We argue that these patterns in- uence the trustworthiness of a feature and its contributors' reputation. We discuss di erent potential implications of the patterns on trust and reputation.

Details about the publication

StatusPublished
Release year2011
Language in which the publication is writtenEnglish
ConferenceConference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT'11), Belfast, Maine, USA, undefined
Link to the full texthttp://carsten.io/cosit11poster.pdf

Authors from the University of Münster

Kauppinen, Tomi
Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi)
Keßler, Carsten
Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi)
Trame, Johannes
Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi)