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A Multi-National Human–Computer Interaction Evaluation of the Public Participatory GIS GeoCitizen

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Title A Multi-National Human–Computer Interaction Evaluation of the Public Participatory GIS GeoCitizen
 
Creator Bartling, Mona
Resch, Bernd
Eitzinger, Anton
Zurita-Arthos, Leo
 
Subject geographical information systems
sistemas de información geográfica
 
Description Designing user-friendly Public Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) is a challenging task, since a PPGIS is typically used by users who have different characteristics and different requirements and needs. Hence, applying Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) principles is of particular importance in designing PPGIS. This study aims to create an inventory of usability aspects of a PPGIS by focusing on understanding the characteristics of a broad range of users. The usability study included 73 participants from Colombia, Uganda and Austria. We combined a custom qualitative survey (conducted in all three countries) with an eye-tracking based survey (conducted only in Austria). Considerable usability problems were faced especially by participants with low levels of IT-literacy. This was mostly due to a lack of experience in using functionally complex smartphone applications or interactive maps. In general, we observed a high level of difference in usability between the user groups. The eye-tracking statistics for the Austrian study supported the outcomes of the qualitative survey well.
 
Date 2019
2019-07-12T20:02:30Z
2019-07-12T20:02:30Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Bartling, Mona; Resch, Bernd; Eitzinger, Anton & Zurita-Arthos, Leo (2019). A Multi-National Human–Computer Interaction Evaluation of the Public Participatory GIS GeoCitizen. GI_Forum: journal for geographic information science , 7(1): 19-39
2308-1708
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102182
https://www.austriaca.at/0xc1aa5576_0x003aba1a.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1553/giscience2019_01_s19
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-ND
Open Access
 
Format 7(1): 19-39
 
Publisher Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
 
Source GI_FORUM - Journal for Geographic Information Science