GI_Forum 2022, Volume 10, Issue 1
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
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GI_Forum 2022, Volume 10, Issue 1 ISSN 2308-1708 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-9287-9 Online Edition
Sabine Hennig
S. 3 - 16 doi:10.1553/giscience2022_01_s3 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/giscience2022_01_s3
Abstract: Public participation, including the use of geospatial technologies, is pivotal in planning for sustainability. Contributory participation initiatives, however, face challenges, such as the quantity and quality of the data provided by the public. User-centred applications can address these issues, but since developers often lack understanding of public users, appropriate user involvement in application development processes is crucial. Despite the manifold practices that exist, there is a need to further support user involvement in development processes. This paper contributes to this through findings from three projects aimed at developing applications tailored to the public. Analysing and comparing user involvement in the three projects, several key results emerged. In order to increase developers’ knowledge about public users and to deliver particularly user-centred applications, (i) user involvement should be considered not only in development activities such as requirement-gathering, evaluation and testing, but also in design and implementation; (ii) user involvement can vary in type and extent (i.e. ranging from informative and consultative to participative), allowing user integration in the different development phases; (iii) the combination of process models and design approach, which delivers project-specific development workflows, is suitable for involving users in a project-appropriate and structured manner in development activities. Keywords: participatory design, process model, user-centred design, planning for sustainability, geospatial technologies Published Online: 2022/06/29 11:42:55 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x003d8805 Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
GI_Forum publishes high quality original research across the transdisciplinary field of Geographic Information Science (GIScience). The journal provides a platform for dialogue among GI-Scientists and educators, technologists and critical thinkers in an ongoing effort to advance the field and ultimately contribute to the creation of an informed GISociety. Submissions concentrate on innovation in education, science, methodology and technologies in the spatial domain and their role towards a more just, ethical and sustainable science and society. GI_Forum implements the policy of open access publication after a double-blind peer review process through a highly international team of seasoned scientists for quality assurance. Special emphasis is put on actively supporting young scientists through formative reviews of their submissions. Only English language contributions are published.
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |