Recent developments in volunteered geographic information (VGI) have provided new opportunities for improving city services by enabling citizens instantly and collectively sharing and reporting issues. However, the usefulness of VGI for such use has not been evaluated from a citizen perspective. This chapter aims to bridge this research gap through a case study that innovatively uses geosocial media, as an example of VGI, for reporting accessibility issues to local governments and for providing customized navigation services to the general public. Particularly, a study website was developed that allows citizen participants to evaluate the usefulness of geosocial media for issue reporting and for pedestrian navigation. The results suggest that citizens consider geosocial media useful for helping them maneuver dynamic urban environments and for providing a convenient tool for issue reporting.

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Transactional Participation: Citizen Reporting from Geosocial Media

  • Shanqi Zhang

摘要

Recent developments in volunteered geographic information (VGI) have provided new opportunities for improving city services by enabling citizens instantly and collectively sharing and reporting issues. However, the usefulness of VGI for such use has not been evaluated from a citizen perspective. This chapter aims to bridge this research gap through a case study that innovatively uses geosocial media, as an example of VGI, for reporting accessibility issues to local governments and for providing customized navigation services to the general public. Particularly, a study website was developed that allows citizen participants to evaluate the usefulness of geosocial media for issue reporting and for pedestrian navigation. The results suggest that citizens consider geosocial media useful for helping them maneuver dynamic urban environments and for providing a convenient tool for issue reporting.