TY - GEN
T1 - Promoting community participation in thematic mapping processes by simplifying the free software tool OSMTracker for Android
AU - Sanchez, Brandon Oviedo
AU - Brenes, Emmanuel Alfaro
AU - Lopez, Isaac Mena
AU - Avila, Adrian Amador
AU - Molina, Diego Munguia
AU - Alfaro, Jaime Gutierrez
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Social cartography empowers communities to create maps that represent their own perspectives about their surrounding environment. Thematic mapping aims at making visible physical space features corresponding to particular interests, for example: hydrants, accessibility, or public transportation. Information and communication technologies bring these mapping process to the digital realm, streamlining the management of maps and expanding its application opportunities. Free software tools for geospatial data and information management contribute to mapping processes by encouraging collaboration through the reduction of entry barriers, which can range from economical hurdles to data privacy related issues. OSMTracker for Android is a free software geospatial data capturing tool that runs on the Android operating system. The tool's user interface can be customized to match specific data capturing needs for different communities and purposes, making it widely used globally for thematic mapping. However, this customization requires specific technical skills, imposing a usability limitation for the tech unsavvy collaborators. This paper presents an improvement in OSMTracker to simplify loading and sharing custom buttons layouts. In addition, the paper discusses briefly the experiences of facilitating two mapping workshops carried out using the improved tool.
AB - Social cartography empowers communities to create maps that represent their own perspectives about their surrounding environment. Thematic mapping aims at making visible physical space features corresponding to particular interests, for example: hydrants, accessibility, or public transportation. Information and communication technologies bring these mapping process to the digital realm, streamlining the management of maps and expanding its application opportunities. Free software tools for geospatial data and information management contribute to mapping processes by encouraging collaboration through the reduction of entry barriers, which can range from economical hurdles to data privacy related issues. OSMTracker for Android is a free software geospatial data capturing tool that runs on the Android operating system. The tool's user interface can be customized to match specific data capturing needs for different communities and purposes, making it widely used globally for thematic mapping. However, this customization requires specific technical skills, imposing a usability limitation for the tech unsavvy collaborators. This paper presents an improvement in OSMTracker to simplify loading and sharing custom buttons layouts. In addition, the paper discusses briefly the experiences of facilitating two mapping workshops carried out using the improved tool.
KW - Collaborative mapping
KW - Critical cartography
KW - GIS
KW - Social cartography
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85086640848
U2 - 10.1109/JoCICI48395.2019.9105207
DO - 10.1109/JoCICI48395.2019.9105207
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85086640848
T3 - Proceedings - 4th Jornadas Costarricenses de Investigacion en Computacion e Informatica, JoCICI 2019
BT - Proceedings - 4th Jornadas Costarricenses de Investigacion en Computacion e Informatica, JoCICI 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 4th Jornadas Costarricenses de Investigacion en Computacion e Informatica, JoCICI 2019 - 4th Costa Rican Conference on Research in Computer Science and Informatics, JoCICI 2019
Y2 - 19 August 2019 through 20 August 2019
ER -