Editor's Choice Articles (2022–2023)

OpenStreetMap as A Multi-Disciplinary Nexus: Perspectives, Practices and Procedures Bridges and Barriers: An Exploration of Engagements of the Research Community with the OpenStreetMap Community A. Yair Grinberger et al.		Geo-Information Applications in Active Mobility and Health in Cities Achieving ‘Active’ 30 Minute Cities: How Feasible Is It to Reach Work within 30 Minutes Using Active Transport Modes? Alan Both et al.
Geospatial Metadata Approaches for the Clustering of Geographic Metadata and the Automatic Detection of Quasi-Spatial Dataset Series Javier Lacasta et al.		General The Governance of INSPIRE: Evaluating and Exploring Governance Scenarios for the European Spatial Data Infrastructure Jaap-Willem Sjoukema et al.
Urban Geospatial Analytics Based on Crowdsourced Data Assessment of Perceived and Physical Walkability Using Street View Images and Deep Learning Technology Youngok Kang et al.		Cartography and Geomedia BiodivAR: A Cartographic Authoring Tool for the Visualization of Geolocated Media in Augmented Reality Julien Mercier et al.
General Implementation of GIS Tools in the Quality of Life Assessment of Czech Municipalities Karel Macků et al.		General Identification and Spatiotemporal Analysis of Bikesharing-Metro Integration Cycling Hao Wu et al.
Cartographic Communication of Big Data Where Maps Lie: Visualization of Perceptual Fallacy in Choropleth Maps at Different Levels of Aggregation Giedrė Beconytė et al.		General Mapping with ChatGPT Ran Tao et al.

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