Crowdsourcing techniques for augmenting traditional accessibility maps with transitory obstacle information
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Crowdsourcing techniques for augmenting traditional accessibility maps with transitory obstacle information Matthew T. Rice a , R. Daniel Jacobson b , Douglas R. Caldwell c , Scott D. McDermott a , Fabiana I. Paez a , Ahmad O. Aburizaiza a , Kevin M. Curtin a , Anthony Stefanidis a d & Han Qin a a Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science , George Mason University , Fairfax , VA , 22030 , USA b Department of Geography , University of Calgary , Alberta , T2N 1N4 , Canada c US Army Engineer Research and Development Center , Alexandria , VA , 22315-3864 , USA d Center for Geospatial Intelligence , George Mason University , Fairfax , VA , 22030 , USA Published online: 03 Jun 2013.
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