Collaborative mapping
AGGREGATION OF WEB MAPS AND USER-GENERATED CONTENT, FROM A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES, AND CAN TAKE SEVERAL DISTINCT FORMS
Collaborative Mapping; Citizen mapping
Collaborative mapping is the aggregation of Web mapping and user-generated content, from a group of individuals or entities, and can take several distinct forms. With the growth of technology for storing and sharing maps, collaborative maps have become competitors to commercial services, in the case of OpenStreetMap, or components of them, as in Google Map Maker and Yandex.