Volunteered Geographic Information Environment and Real Estate Services

For many people, it is a biggest challenge how to purchase a home. Sometimes, choosing and buying a house can be a complex and expensive process. The complexity of the process of buying property depends on the circumstances, needs, and desires of the individual. Despite economic conditions, purchasing a house also affect the mental and emotional aspects of buyers. In this paper, after the classification of the available real estate services, there is discussed about the pivotal role of Volunteered Information System in the real estate services. Applications Volunteered Geographic Information in the field described. The proposed services are classified into two offline and online categories. Finally, the implementation of a Volunteered Geographic Information environment related to the area around the property was conducted.