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Generating Cartographic Representations of Volunteered Environmental Noise Data from Mobile Phones

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If one is solving a targeted mapping task, he/she usually firstly looks for a method that would capture the phenomenon as objectively as possible, and only then look for ways to physically realize such a method. But today this trend is reversed in some cases. When designing a research method, we begin with study of the normal human behavior and willingness to voluntarily collect data during other human activities.

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  1. Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Duda

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  1. Department of Geoinformatics, Palacky´ University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Jan Brus

  2. Department of Geoinformatics, Palacký University in Olomouc, Olomouc, Olomoucky, Czech Republic

    Alena Vondrakova

  3. Department of Geoinformatics, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Vit Vozenilek

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Duda, P. (2015). Generating Cartographic Representations of Volunteered Environmental Noise Data from Mobile Phones. In: Brus, J., Vondrakova, A., Vozenilek, V. (eds) Modern Trends in Cartography. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07926-4_28

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