--- title: VGI Success Factors author: Hyesop Shin date: '2021-02-27' slug: vgi-success-factors categories: - VGI tags: - VGI - Mindmap subtitle: 'Here is a list of factors that lead to a successful VGI project drawn on a Mindmap canvas. (Unfinished work)' summary: authors: [] lastmod: '2021-02-27T07:26:59Z' featured: no image: caption: '' focal_point: '' preview_only: no projects: [] ---

Why are we investigating?

We all know that crowdsourcing is a powerful tool for geospatial mapping, particularly for areas that have slow administrative data updates. In the geographical context, crowdsourcing is also termed as Volunteer Geographic Information (VGI). Once the project is initiated, participants who agree with the aim of the project gather around to give help by investing their time and effort.

However, not all VGI project turn out to be successful. We discovered there are various reasons that one project can succeed or fail and these are subject to the aim and the structure of the project. We thought that it is good, as a starting point, to brainstorm many ideas and list them into a structure. Here, we list 7 elements that lead to a successful VGI project (See an overview in the figure below).

  1. Organisation
  2. Quality of Contribution
  3. Good Accessibility
  4. Motivation
  5. Reproducibility
  6. Engagement with Participants
  7. Sustainability

Mindmap of the elements that can lead to a successful VGI project

1. Organisation

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2. Quality of Contribution

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2.1. Data Quality

2.2. New Ideas

2.3. Gender (In)Equality

2.4. Personal Issues

2.5. Perfect Teamwork

3. Good Accessibility

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3.1. Internet (APIs and Web sockets)

3.2. User Experience (UX) & User Interface (UI)

4. Motivation

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4.1. Intrinsic

4.2. Extrinsic

4.3. Learning

4.4. Socialisation

4.5. Prosocial

5. Reproducibility

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6. Engaging with Participants

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7. Sustainability

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