User Evaluation of Information Presentation System for Nature Observation

Author

Yasukawa, Naoki ; Nishihara, Keishi ; Abe, Mitsutoshi ; Moriya, Kazuyuki ; Sakai, Tetsuro

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Informatics, Kyoto Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

26-27 Jan. 2006

Firstpage

240

Lastpage

245

Abstract

Hand-held computing with positioning technologies has enormous potential in many fields. We have previously developed a support system for forest education using PDA and GPS. In this study, we carried out large-scale field experiments on a location-based information presentation system for nature observation at EXPO 2005, in Aichi, Japan. Through field experiments, we positively evaluated the program using this system. Therefore, we concluded that the information presentation system for nature observation supported the needs of visitors

Keywords

environmental science computing; information systems; mobile computing; performance evaluation; forest education; hand-held computing; location-based information presentation system; nature observation; positioning technology; program evaluation; support system; user evaluation; Context-aware services; Educational programs; Global Positioning System; HTML; Handheld computers; Informatics; Large-scale systems; Personal digital assistants; Pervasive computing; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing, 2006. C5 '06. The Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berkeley, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2563-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/C5.2006.42

Filename

4019400