Smartphone PPGIS for Oil Spill Information Exchange
Translated title
Smartphone PPGIS for Informationsudveksling ved Olieudslip
Authors
Klingsheim, John Morten ; Slotta, Simen ; Yang, Weixiao ; Verup, Kim
Term
4. term
Publication year
2014
Submitted on
2014-01-09
Pages
136
Abstract
Denne afhandling præsenterer en fungerende prototype på en smartphone‑venlig webapp, der hjælper myndigheder og borgere med at dele information om olieudslip i realtid. Appen lader borgere indrapportere observationer, vedhæfte fotos og automatisk tilføje deres position, som sendes til en central server. Prototypen er bygget med open source‑kortteknologier—HTML5 til webgrænsefladen, PostGIS til lagring af geografiske data, jQuery til brugerinteraktion og Leaflet til webkort—inden for et standard klient‑server‑design. Design og test blev styret af use cases, user stories og personas, og udviklingen fulgte den agile Scrum‑ramme. Gennem projektet diskuteres både tekniske og organisatoriske muligheder og udfordringer. Hovedbidraget er at vise potentialet i smartphone‑baseret borgerdeltagende GIS (PPGIS), hvor borgerindberetninger kan støtte myndighedernes beslutninger under store oprydningsindsatser efter olieudslip.
This thesis presents a working prototype of a smartphone‑friendly web application that helps authorities and citizens share information about oil spills in real time. The app lets people report what they see, attach photos, and automatically include their location, sending the data to a central server. It was built with open‑source mapping technologies—HTML5 for the web interface, PostGIS for storing geographic data, jQuery for user interaction, and Leaflet for web maps—within a standard client–server design. The design and testing were guided by use cases, user stories, and personas, and development followed the agile Scrum framework. Throughout the project, both technical and organizational opportunities and challenges are discussed. The main contribution is to show the potential of smartphone‑based public participation GIS (PPGIS), where citizen reports can support decision‑making during large oil spill response and clean‑up operations.
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Keywords
Smartphone ; PPGIS ; web app ; Prototype development ; Olieudslip ; Leaflet ; jQuery
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