Mobile, Collaborative Situated Knowledge Creation for Urban Planning
Author
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Zurita Alarcón, Gustavo
Author
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Baloian Tataryan, Nelson
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Admission date
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2013-12-26T14:31:48Z
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2013-12-26T14:31:48Z
Publication date
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2012
Cita de ítem
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Sensors 2012, 12, 6218-6243
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Identifier
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1424-8220
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doi:10.3390/s120506218
Identifier
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/125845
Abstract
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Geo-collaboration is an emerging research area in computer sciences studying
the way spatial, geographically referenced information and communication technologies
can support collaborative activities. Scenarios in which information associated to its
physical location are of paramount importance are often referred as Situated Knowledge
Creation scenarios. To date there are few computer systems supporting knowledge creation
that explicitly incorporate physical context as part of the knowledge being managed in
mobile face-to-face scenarios. This work presents a collaborative software application
supporting visually-geo-referenced knowledge creation in mobile working scenarios while
the users are interacting face-to-face. The system allows to manage data information
associated to specific physical locations for knowledge creation processes in the field, such
as urban planning, identifying specific physical locations, territorial management, etc.;
using Tablet-PCs and GPS in order to geo-reference data and information. It presents a
model for developing mobile applications supporting situated knowledge creation in the
field, introducing the requirements for such an application and the functionalities it should
have in order to fulfill them. The paper also presents the results of utility and usability
evaluations.
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Patrocinador
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This paper was partially funded by the “U-APOYA Program, VID 2011” of the Universidad de
Chile, and Fondecyt 1085010.