Cultural heritage and awareness: differences between volunteered geographic information of OpenStreetMap and an official cartography. The case of Caserta in South-Italy

This research focuses on cultural heritage to recognize its important role in both local community identity (as “common identity heritage”) and the tourism industry. In a region particularly rich in such unique features such as Campania Region (South Italy), awareness of its own identity heritage is sometimes lacking, leading to its degradation and neglect. The aim of this research is to investigate about the differences between the VGI of OSM and an official cartography of cultural heritage in the historical centre of Caserta, an important urban area of the Campania.