
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gienko, Gennady 
A1  - Govorov, Michael 
A1  - Maguire, Brad 
A1  - Khmelevsky, Youry 
A1  - Gienko, Anatoly 
T1  - A virtual professional community to support effective use of remotely sensed imagery
JF  - The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences
JO  - S. Pac. J. Nat. App. Sci.
Y1  - 2008
VL  - 25
IS  - 1
SP  - 47
EP  - 52
KW  - Remote Sensing, Virtual Professional Community, Participatory Mechanisms, Open Source Software
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/SP07008 
N2  - This paper introduces an idea of establishing the GeoTruth Virtual Professional Community (VPC) for Image Analysis in Remote Sensing - a collaborative framework for professionals, using ground truth terrestrial photographs for interpretation and analysis of satellite and aerial imagery. The proposed utility-driven community is initially formed by members involved in developing an open-source GeoTruth Engine – a collection of Web-based geo-data media tools, serving as a community-open participatory mechanism for collection, storage, distribution and analysis of geographically referenced landscape photographs and corresponding metadata. The paper investigates conceptual issues of collaborative networks related to establishing and evolving the GeoTruth VPC, describes basic life cycle development and operational principles, outlines possible implementation strategies for the GeoTruth framework, and finally elaborates on corresponding copyright and legal issues. 
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