Spatial Data Quality publications

Note: A number of these papers can be downloaded by clicking on their title. If they are not available, do not hesitate to email me at rdeville[at]mun.ca and I can send you some others.

Books

Devillers, R. and Goodchild, H. (Editors) 2009. Spatial Data Quality - From Process to Decisions. CRC Press, 222p. (More details)

Devillers, R. and Jeansoulin, R. (Editors), 2006. Fundamentals of Spatial Data Quality, ISTE, London, UK, 312p. (Details and ordering information) - Read the foreword from Dr Michael Goodchild

Devillers, R. and Jeansoulin, R. (Editors), 2005. Qualité de l'information géographique, IGAT (Information géographique et aménagement du territoire) series, Hermès, France, 349p. (Details and ordering information)

Journal papers

Devillers, R., Stein, A., Bédard, Y., Chrisman, N., Fisher, P. and Shi, W. 2010. 30 years of research on Spatial Data Quality – Achievements, failures and opportunities. Transactions in GIS, vol.14(4), 387-400.
Delavar, M. and Devillers, R. 2010. Spatial data quality: From process to decisions. Transactions in GIS, vol.14(4), 379-386.
Devillers, R., Bédard, Y., Jeansoulin, R. and Moulin, B. 2007. Towards Spatial Data Quality Information Analysis Tools for Experts Assessing the Fitness for Use of Spatial Data. International Journal of Geographical Information Sciences (IJGIS), vol.21, n.3, p. 261-282.
Devillers, R., Bédard, Y. and Jeansoulin, R. 2005. Multidimensional management of geospatial data quality information for its dynamic use within Geographical Information Systems. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS), vol.71, no.2, p.205-215.
Devillers, R., Bédard, Y. and Gervais, M. 2004. Indicateurs de qualité pour réduire les risques de mauvaise utilisation des données géospatiales. Revue Internationale de Géomatique (European Journal of GIS and Spatial Analysis), vol. 14, nº1, p.35-57.

Book chapters

Gervais, M., Bédard, Y., Lesvesque, M.-A., Bernier, E. and Devillers, R. 2009. Data Quality Issues and Geographic Knowledge Discovery. In Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 2nd edition (eds. H.J. Miller and J. Han).
Devillers, R. and Jeansoulin, R. 2006. Introduction. In Fundamentals of Spatial Data Quality (R. Devillers & R. Jeansoulin, eds.), ISTE, p.17-20.
Devillers, R. and Jeansoulin, R. 2006. Spatial Data Quality : Concepts. In Fundamentals of Spatial Data Quality (R. Devillers & R. Jeansoulin, eds.), ISTE, p.31-42.
Devillers, R. and Beard, K. 2006. Communication and Use of Spatial Data Quality Information in GIS. In Fundamentals of Spatial Data Quality (R. Devillers & R. Jeansoulin, eds.), ISTE, p.237-253.
Vasseur, B., Jeansoulin, R., Devillers, R. and Frank, A. 2006. External Quality evaluation of Geographical Applications: An Ontological Approach. In Fundamentals of Spatial Data Quality (R. Devillers & R. Jeansoulin, eds.), ISTE, p.255-270.
Devillers, R. and Beard, K. 2005. Communication et utilisation de l'information sur la qualité dans les SIG. In: IGAT (Information géographique et aménagement du territoire): Qualité de l'information géographique (Devillers and Jeansoulin Eds), Hermès, France, p.275-292.
Devillers, R. and Jeansoulin, R. 2005. Qualité de l’information géographique : concepts généraux. In: IGAT (Information géographique et aménagement du territoire): Qualité de l'information géographique (Devillers and Jeansoulin Eds), Hermès, France, p.37-48.
Devillers, R. and Jeansoulin, R. 2005. Introduction. In: IGAT (Information géographique et aménagement du territoire): Qualité de l'information géographique (Devillers and Jeansoulin Eds), Hermès, France, p.19-24.
Vasseur, B., Jeansoulin, R., Devillers, R. and Frank, A. 2005. Évaluation de la qualité externe de l’information géographique: une approche ontologique. In: IGAT (Information géographique et aménagement du territoire): Qualité de l'information géographique (Devillers and Jeansoulin Eds), Hermès, France, p.293-310.

Other peer-reviewed publications

Wilson, G., Devillers, R. and Hoeber, O. 2011. Fuzzy logic ranking for personalized geographic information retrieval. Third International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (IHCI). Prague, August 29-31th.
Jones, K., Devillers, R. and Bédard, Y. 2010. Communicating Geospatial Data Quality of 3D Objects in Virtual Globes. Canadian Geomatics Conference, Calgary, Canada, June 2010.
Bédard, Y., Chandler, J., Devillers, R. and Gervais, M. 2009. Professional Ethics, System Design Methods and Geospatial Data Quality. Geographic Information Ethics and GISciences Workshop. American Association of Geographers (AAG) annual meeting, Las Vegas, USA, March 24th.
Devillers, R. and Zargar, A. 2009. Towards quality-aware GIS: Operation-based retrieval of spatial data quality information. Spatial Knowledge and Information (SKI) Conference, Fernie (BC), Canada, February 21st.
Zargar, A. and Devillers R. 2009. An Operation-based Communication of Spatial Data Quality. GEOWS'09 Conference, Cancun, Mexico, February 5th, 10pp.
Bédard, Y., Lévesque, M.-A., Gervais, M. and Devillers, R., 2007. Vers une meilleure identification et gestion des risques de mauvais usages des données géodécisionnelles. GéoCongrès symposium, Quebec City, Canada, October 4th.
Levesque, M.-A., Bédard, Y., Gervais, M. and Devillers, R. 2007. Towards managing the risks of data misuse for spatial datacubes. International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality (ISSDQ 2007). Enschede, The Netherlands, June 14-15th.
Devillers, R., Bédard, Y., Gervais, M., Jeansoulin, R., Pinet, F., Schneider, M., Bejaoui, L., Levesque, M.-A., Salehi, M. and Zargar, A. 2007. How to improve geospatial data usability: From metadata to Quality-Aware GIS Community. Spatial Data Usability workshop. AGILE 2007 Conference, Aalborg, Denmark.
Devillers, R., Bédard, Y. and Jeansoulin, R. 2004. Multidimensional User Manual (MUM): A tool to manage and communicate data quality information. Proceedings of theJoint meeting of the 6 th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences and the 15 th Conference of the Environmetrics Society, Portland (Maine), USA, June 28 th - July1 st.
Bédard, Y., Devillers, R., Gervais, M. and Jeansoulin, R. 2004. Towards Multidimensional User Manuals for Geospatial Datasets: Legal issues and their Considerations into the design of a Technological Perspective. Proceedings of the 3 rd International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality (ISSDQ'04), Bruck an der Leitha, Austria, April 15-17 th, vol. 28b GeoInfo Series, p.183-195.
Vasseur, B., Devillers, R. and Jeansoulin, R. 2003. Ontological approach of the fitness of geospatial datasets. Proceedings of the 6 th AGILE Conference -Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe, April 24-26 th, Lyon, France, p.497-504.
Devillers R., Gervais M., Bédard Y. and Jeansoulin R. 2002. Spatial Data Quality: From Metadata to Quality Indicators and Contextual End-user Manual. OEEPE-ISPRS Joint Workshop on Spatial Data Quality, Istanbul, Turkey, March 20-21 st 2002, 10 pages.

Other publications

Devillers, R. 2011. Mapping in the 21st century: new horizons, new challenges. GeoCentre Public Lecture Series. St. John's, NL, March 22.
Jones, K., Devillers, R., Bédard, Y. and Schroth, O. 2010. Communicating geospatial data quality of 3D objects in virtual globes. Atlantic Canadian Association of Geographers Conference, St. John's, NL, October 2nd.
Devillers, R. and Bédard, Y. 2010. Responsible use of geospatial data - Have you thought recently of your responsibility for the consequences of your actions? GEOconnexions International Magazine, June 2010, 30-32.
Devillers, R. 2010. Communiquer l'information sur la qualité des données dans des systèmes d'information géographiques (SIG) - ou comment aucun chemin ne semble clairement mener à Rome. Seminar CReSTIC, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France, May 10th.
Jones, K., Devillers, R. Bédard, Y. and Coleman, D. 2010. Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and communicating geospatial data quality of 3D objects in virtual globes. Joint GEOIDE-EuroGeographics Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, May 6th.
Devillers, R. 2010. La recherche sur la qualité de l'information géographique: solutions, enjeux et perspectives. Rencontres SIG La Lettre 2010, Champs-sur-Marne, France, May 5th.
Devillers, R., Jones, K. and Bédard, Y. 2010. Apport de connaissances en qualité des données agrégées pour la visualisation de l'incertitude des données géométriques dans les globes virtuels 3D. Workshop of the NSERC Industrial Chair on decisional geospatial databases, Quebec City, Canada, March 5th.
Levesque, M.-A., Bédard, Y., Gervais, M. and Devillers, R. 2006. Développement d’un système d’avertissements automatiques pour diminuer les risques de mauvais usages de la donnée géospatiale décisionnelle. Geomatics 2006 Annual Conference, October 25-26th, 11p.
Levesque, M.-A., Bédard, Y., Gervais, M. and Devillers, R. 2006. Développement d’un système d’avertissements automatiques pour diminuer les risques de mauvais usages des données géospatiales décisionnelles. AGREGE-Industry workshop, October 5th. Award for the best poster presented at this workshop.
Gervais, M., Bédard, Y., Devillers, R., Larrivée, S., Chrisman, N. and Lévesque, J. 2006. Auditing Spatial Data Suitability for Specific Applications: Professional and Technical Issues. EuroSDR, EuroGeographics and Agile Workshop on Quality Assurance in Geographic Data Production, U. de Marne-la-Vallée, France, February 14th 2006. (Presentation)
Bédard Y., Devillers R. and Gervais M. 2002. Vers une gestion et communication dynamique des informations sur la qualité des données spatiales. Geomatics 2002 Conference , October 30-31 st, Montreal, Canada.