Volunteered geographical information, crowdsourcing, citizen science and neogeography are not the same

Abstract

Abstract. The terms user-generated content, volunteered geographical information, crowdsourcing, citizen science and neogeography are elucidated. The purpose is to expose the range of meanings associated with these terms, and to promote consensus as to their scope and meaning, thereby enhancing the clarity with which discourse around these phenomena may occur, both in the research and popular context.