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Synonyms

Disaster; Emergency; VGI; Volunteered geographic information

Glossary

Emergency:

A sudden, unpredictable event that poses a substantial threat to life or property

Disaster:

A calamitous event that overwhelms the impacted community’s ability to respond effectively

Emergency management:

The organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all aspects of emergencies

Volunteered geographic information (VGI):

Geographic data provided voluntarily by individuals

Volunteer motivation:

The inspiration for individuals who volunteer geographic information

Data availability:

The quantity of usable or obtainable information during a disaster

Introduction

Social computing has transformed online spaces, and with the advent of Web 2.0, Internet users are able to participate in the generation of geographic information. While most volunteered geographic information (VGI) is collected for routine purposes, it has also served as a good source of supplementary data...

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Acknowledgments

This work has been supported by the following grants: NSF III-CXT IIS-0713214, NSF IGERT DGE-0504195, NSF CRI:IAD CNS-0708604, USDOD HM1582-08-1-0017, USDOD HM1582-07-1-2035, and the University of Minnesota. We would like to thank Kim Koffolt and the members of the University of Minnesota Spatial Database and Spatial Data Mining Research Group for their comments.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Dev Oliver, Rupa Tiwari, Michael R. Evans & Shashi Shekhar

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  1. Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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  2. University of Calgary Computer Science, Calgary, Canada

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  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Gatineau, QC, Canada

    Rokia Missaoui

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Oliver, D., Tiwari, R., Evans, M.R., Shekhar, S. (2016). Disaster Response and Relief, VGI Volunteer Motivation in. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_57-1

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