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: Received: 4 June 2024 / Approved: 5 June 2024 / Online: 6 June 2024 (07:20:51 CEST)
How to cite:
Monteiro, E.; Patrício, G. Analysing Temporal Evolution of OpenStreetMap Waterways Completeness in a Mountain Region of Portugal. Preprints2024, 2024060339. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0339.v1
Monteiro, E.; Patrício, G. Analysing Temporal Evolution of OpenStreetMap Waterways Completeness in a Mountain Region of Portugal. Preprints 2024, 2024060339. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0339.v1
Monteiro, E.; Patrício, G. Analysing Temporal Evolution of OpenStreetMap Waterways Completeness in a Mountain Region of Portugal. Preprints2024, 2024060339. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0339.v1
APA Style
Monteiro, E., & Patrício, G. (2024). Analysing Temporal Evolution of OpenStreetMap Waterways Completeness in a Mountain Region of Portugal. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0339.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Monteiro, E. and Glória Patrício. 2024 "Analysing Temporal Evolution of OpenStreetMap Waterways Completeness in a Mountain Region of Portugal" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.0339.v1
Abstract
In recent decades, the creation and availability of Voluntary Geographic Information (VGI) has changed the paradigm associated with the production of Geospatial Information (GI), since due to its free access, citizens can view, analyse, process, and validate this type of data. One of the most popular examples of VGI is the collaborative OpenStreetMap (OSM) project which covers a wide range of themes or characteristics associated with the real world. One of these themes is the feature “waterway” that represents watercourses. The quality of OSM data characteristics is an issue that has been published by many authors in recent years, particularly on the analysis of the completeness indicator. However, few references are found in literature to studies that analyse the completeness of OSM watercourses. This study presents an analysis of the variation over time in completeness/coverage of the OSM "waterway" feature in the epochs of 2014 and 2023 in a mountainous region included in the Mondego River basin, located in Inland of Portugal. The results show that the completeness of this OSM feature (waterway) has a slight increase, considering the amplitude of this period (nine years) and the fact that, nowadays, digital mobile devices enable access to satellite images, therefore allowing in an easy way the digitalization of entities or objects of the real world remotely. Regarding the indicator’s altitude, slope and location/proximity of settlements, it was not possible to observe their influence on the evolution of the completeness of this geographic entity (OSM waterway).
Keywords
completeness; waterway; VGI; OpenStreetMap
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing
Copyright:
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