Title :
Integrating volunteered geographic information into pervasive health computing applications
Author :
Mooney, Peter ; Corcoran, Padraig
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland
Abstract :
In this paper we describe the potential for using Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in pervasive health computing. We use the OpenStreetMap project as a case-study of a successful VGI project and investigate how it can be expanded and used as a source of spatial information for pervasive computing technologies particularly in the area of access to information on healthcare services.
Keywords :
geographic information systems; health care; ubiquitous computing; OpenStreetMap project; VGI project; healthcare services; pervasive health computing applications; volunteered geographic information; Communities; Informatics; Internet; Medical services; Spatial databases; Tagging;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-767-2
