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VGI contributors’ awareness of geographic information quality and its effect on data quality: a case study from Japan

Jun YamashitaFaculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Toshikazu SetoCenter for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0281-1790View further author information
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Yuichiro NishimuraFaculty of Letters, Nara Women's University, Nara, JapanORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2685-7841View further author information
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Nobusuke IwasakiInstitute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, JapanORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5766-1908View further author information
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Pages 214-224 | Received 13 Mar 2019, Accepted 19 Apr 2019, Published online: 17 May 2019

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