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From the fear of “adding noise to the data” to the confidence to “bend the rules”: Contributor interactions with mapping conventions shape participation and data quality in OpenStreetMap

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-026-11641-4

Published Online: 2026-05-22

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Gnanakumar Malathi, Gopinath

Dove, Graham
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Article History

Received: 15 December 2025

Accepted: 25 April 2026

First Online: 22 May 2026

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: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

: This study was approved by our university’s Institutional Review Board and conducted in accordance with established ethical guidelines for human subjects research. Informed consent was sought and obtained from all research participants included in the study.

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