Crowdsourcing and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) are long established topics of the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE) conferences and have attracted considerable research effort over the last 10 - 15 years. Eleven years on from the first AGILE workshop in Leuven (2013) on VGI from the NMCA perspective, Year 2024 was an opportune time to assess where we are now and what has been achieved in the domain of crowdsourcing and VGI.

Therefore, EuroSDR and AGILE invited NMCAs and researchers to present, discuss and share their experiences during a new dedicated workshop on 4th June 2024 in Glasgow (United-Kingdom) during the AGILE 2024 Conference: Current trends on Volunteered Geographic Information use in National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies practices.

The results of a survey ran from 30th October to 14th December 2023 served as insight for reflections. Renowned experts or practicians from NMCAs and AGILE community shared the lessons learned and good practices, presented current flagship projects or initiatives in this area and discussed in order to bring into focus the current research exploring VGI methods, technologies, and crowdsourcing communities. Valuable experiences and information concluded in a very fruitful debate.