5 Healthsites.io: The Global Healthsites Mapping Project
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Furthermore, research on motivation of VGI and health experts contributing to
such project could help to develop strategies to ensure long-term updating of the
database.
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing,
adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate
credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and
indicate if changes were made.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative
Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not
included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by
statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from
the copyright holder.
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Furthermore, research on motivation of VGI and health experts contributing to
such project could help to develop strategies to ensure long-term updating of the
database.
References
Al-Taiar, A., Clark, A., Longenecker, J., & Whitty, C. (2010). Physical accessibility and utilization
of health services in Yemen. International Journal of Health Geographics, 9, 38.
Blanford, J., Kumar, S., Luo, W., & MacEachren, M. (2012). It’s a long, long walk: Accessibility
to hospitals, maternity and integrated health centers in Niger. International Journal of Health
Geographics, 11, 24.
Burns, R. (2014). Rethinking big data in digital humanitarianism: Practices, epistemologies, and
social relations. GeoJournal, 80(4), 477–490.
Goodchild, M. (2007). Citizens as sensors: The world of volunteered geography. GeoJournal, 69(4),
211–221.
Haklay, M., Basiouka, S., Antoniou, V., et al. (2010). How many volunteers does it take to map
an area well? The validity of Linus’ law to volunteered geographic information. Cartographic
Journal, 47(4), 315–322.
Haselkorn, M., & Walton, R. (2009). The role of information and communication in the context of
humanitarian service. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 52(4), 325–328.
Haworth, B., & Bruce, E. (2015). A review of volunteered geographic information for disaster
management. Geography Compass, 9, 237–250.
Mooney, P., & Corcoran, P. (2012). The annotation process in OpenStreetMap. Transactions in GIS,
16(4), 561–579.
Muenoz, U., & Källestål, C. (2012). Geographical accessibility and spatial coverage modeling of
the primary health care network in the Western Province of Rwanda. International Journal of
Health Geographics, 11, 40.
Richards, S., & Veenendaal, B. (2014). Understanding the gap between the United Nations
World Food Programme crisis mapping operations and crowdsourcing technology. Conference
Article. Curtin University. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R?func=dbin-jump-full&local_
base=gen01-era02&object_id=235814.
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing,
adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate
credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and
indicate if changes were made.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative
Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not
included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by
statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from
the copyright holder.