Abstract
Abstract. This paper provides a bibliometric review between integration of authoritative and volunteered geographic information for the purpose of cartographic updating of urban mappings. The adopted methodology was through a bibliometric survey of the literature published by Web of Science and Science Direct. The period was evaluated from 2005 to 2020 and the keywords used were: integration of authoritative data, volunteered geographic information, VGI, large scale topographic mapping, Authoritative urban mapping. The number of publications found was small for the topic that deals with this integration, totalizing 14 articles at Web of Science and 23 at Science Direct. 38% of them were published in the International Journal of Geo Information (ISPRS), 16% in the International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 5% were published in the Cartography and Geographic Information Science and the Computer Geosciences respectively. The other 36% is shown in several other journals, approximately 3% each. Regarding the origin of publications, 25% are in Germany (University of Heidelberg), 14% in the UK (New Castle University), 13% in China (Wuhan University), 11% in Canada (Calgary University), and other countries show percentages between 3% and 5%. Among the research, areas are physical geography, remote sensing, computer science, information science, engineering, and public administration. Among themes addressed in the articles, potentials can be pointed out as existence of models which institutions can implement management of information received collaboratively, existence of several methodologies for quality control of this information so that they can be integrated into authoritative data that are called as data conflation. Methodologies for handling big data and semantic interoperability, as well as automation of processes. This data potential is not only on platforms such as OpenStreetMap, but also on data collected through scraping from social networks such as twitter, sites, and others. Among the challenges, there are still somethings to investigate regarding consideration of temporal, historic, political, and economic aspects, as well as the consideration of legal aspects. The integration of this volunteered geographic information is necessary, mainly in cities with economic and cultural difficulties to maintain their mapping up to date, as well as the difficulty of accessing information that allows access to authoritative data.
Highlights
Technological computer advances of the last decades have allowed any individual who has a computer or smartphone with internet access to generate geoinformation
The evaluation of quality in geospatial data has its importance associated with investigation of the truthfulness of information, so it is possible to measure and document these characteristics associated with the cartographic product It is allowed to characterize aspects related to discrepancies, omissions, uncertainties, and assign characteristics associated with the purpose that will be given to data according to the results obtained. (GOODCHILD, 2010)
Among the journals where the largest number of publications were found 38% of these were published in the International Journal of Geo Information (ISPRS), 16% in the International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 5% were published in the Cartography and Geographic Information Science and the Computer Geosciences respectively
Summary
Technological computer advances of the last decades have allowed any individual who has a computer or smartphone with internet access to generate geoinformation. Despite efficiency presented and constant updating of information in the geographical scenario, there are still limitations to use VGI data sources in cartographic products, since these do not characterize authoritative cartography with known and controlled quality parameters Authoritative mapping is generated by official mapping agencies with the purpose of representing all visible features in the landscape. This mapping has been produced by mapping organizations to represent territorial features for general use in ways that serve a variety of uses (KENT, 2009). According to Machado and Camboim (2019), many governments are studying the possibility of interacting with collaborative mapping and accepting the contribution of geospatial data produced by common citizens, mainly through
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