Geography A-Level
Crowd sourcing
What Crowd sourcing means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Crowd sourcing
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Reference: AQA
Obtaining information by enlisting a large number of people, typically via the internet.
Topics that use Crowd sourcing
- ICT skills (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Geographic Information Systems
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Statistical analysis
- Big data
- Data reliability
- Geographical enquiry
- Remotely sensed data
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