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Future Internet 2012, 4, 265-284; doi:10.3390/fi4010265 OPEN ACCESS future internet ISSN 1999-5903 /journal/futureinternet Article WikiGIS Basic Concepts: Web 2.0 for Geospatial Collaboration Stéphane Roche 1,*, Boris Mericskay 1, Wided Batita 1, Matthieu Bach 2 and Mathieu Rondeau 3 1 Centre for Research in Geomatic, Pavillon Casault, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V0A6, Canada; E-Mails: boris.merivskay.1@ulaval.ca (B.M.); wided.batita.1@ulaval.ca (W.B.) 2 Fujitsu Canada, 2000, boulevard Lebourgneuf, bureau 300, Québec, QC G2K0B8, Canada; E-Mail: matthieu.bach.1@ulaval.ca 3 Interdisciplinary Centre for the Development of Ocean Mapping–CIDCO, 310 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC G5L3A1, Canada; E-Mail: mathieu.rondeau@cidco.ca * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: stephane.roche@scg.ulaval.ca; Tel.: +1-418-656-7841; Fax: +1-418-656-7411. Received: 7 November 2011; in revised form: 22 February 2012 / Accepted: 23 February 2012 / Published: 13 March 2012 Abstract: With the emergence of Web 2.0, new applications arise and evolve into more interactive forms of collective intelligence. These applications offer to both professionals and citizens an open and expanded access to geographic information. In this paper, we develop the conceptual foundations of a new technology solution called WikiGIS. WikiGIS’s strength lies in its ability to ensure the traceability of changes in spatial-temporal geographic components (geometric lo