From 13a649ce7f7e73d4b0e096511cea23270f47b177 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ygrinblat <ygrinblat@heigit.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 14:27:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add CITATION.cff to enable software citation support

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 CITATION.cff | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 CITATION.cff

diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file."
+title: "Sketch Map Tool"
+type: software
+license: "AGPL-3.0"
+repository-code: "https://github.com/GIScience/sketch-map-tool"
+url: "https://sketch-map-tool.heigit.org/"
+abstract: "The Sketch Map Tool is an open-source tool for participatory sketch mapping, enabling offline data collection, digitization, and georeferencing of local spatial knowledge."
+keywords:
+  - participatory mapping
+  - sketch maps
+  - georeferencing
+  - digitization
+  - GIS
+  - GeoAI
+
+authors:
+  - name: "Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT)"
+    affiliation: "Heidelberg, Germany"
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