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Linus's law in volunteered geographic information: a standalone construct

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Geographic information science

the proposition, tested on crowd mapping, that positional accuracy improves as more volunteers contribute to the same area.

In geographic information science, Linus's law in volunteered geographic information refers to the proposition, tested on crowd mapping, that positional accuracy improves as more volunteers contribute to the same area. This meaning comes from Haklay (2010) in The Cartographic Journal.[1]

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References

Haklay, M. (., Basiouka, S., Antoniou, V., & Ather, A. (2010). How Many Volunteers Does it Take to Map an Area Well? The Validity of Linus’ Law to Volunteered Geographic Information. The Cartographic Journal, 47(4), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.1179/000870410x12911304958827

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