Abstract
Working with contemporary, monolithic desktop Geographical Information Systems can be laborious and confusing, especially for non-experts. An alternative for a more user friendly approach to spatial data edition and spatial analysis may be an “app-based” web application that is offering single tasks for the user—“micro applications”. In this paper, a method for determining such “micro applications” based on user stories is presented and applied to a specific use case—the case is centered around an Austrian Governmental Institution that digitizes and edits infrastructure data. The results of this process are implemented in an app-based web application. To measure the impacts of the app-based approach, we evaluate the user experience of the app-based approach in comparison to a desktop Geographical Information System offering the same functionality. For the measurement of the user experience, we used a focus group. The group had to accomplish tasks with the desktop Geographical Information System and with the app-based web application. To measure their user experience, we employed the tool AttrakDiff. The app-based web application achieves significantly better results in terms of user experience. This result is confirmed in a discussion panel carried out afterwards. Test persons responded that positive aspects of the app-based web application were the easy and intuitive handling and reduced user interface that helps the users to focus on their tasks without any distraction.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 505 |
Journal | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- App-centered approach
- GIS
- User experience evaluation
- User-centered design
- Web application
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computers in Earth Sciences
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Fields of Expertise
- Information, Communication & Computing