A master programme thesis from Aalborg University
Smartphone PPGIS for Oil Spill Information Exchange
[Smartphone PPGIS for Informationsudveksling ved Olieudslip]
Author(s)
Term
4. term
Publication year
2014
Submitted on
2014-01-06
Pages
136 pages
Abstract
Der er udviklet en funktionel prototype i form af en smartphone web applikation, der fremmer informationsudvekslingen med borgerne ved store olieudslip. Løsningrn er baseret på Client-server arkitektur, udviklet på en open source platform, med teknologier som HTML5, PostGIS, jQuery og Leaflet. Prototypen giver brugeren mulighed for indberetning af olieobservationstyper, vha. billeder med geolocation. Use-cases og User-stories og Personas er anvendt i forbindelse med systemdesignet og direkte testning. Det agile rammeværk Scrum er anvendt som metoden for selve udviklingsprocessen. Muligheder og udfordringer iht. teknologi og organisatoriske spørgsmål drøftes under udviklingen. Det største fokus i dette projekt er at demonstrere potentialet af en smartphone PPGIS løsning, der udveksler information fra borgernes indrapporteringer til beslutningsstøtte for myndighedernes under en olieoprensningsarbejde.
A functional prototype of a smartphone web app is developed to promote oil spill information exchange with citizens. Based on a client-server system design, the prototype is developed on open source platform by integrating state-of-art geographic information technologies, like HTML5, PostGIS, jQuery and Leaflet. The prototype enables user reporting of oil spill observation as well as capturing of image and geolocation. Use cases and user stories together with personas are used for system design and interactive testing. The agile framework Scrum is applied as development methodology. Opportunities and challenges regarding both technologies and organizational issues are discussed during the development. The major contribution of this project is the demonstration of the potential of smartphone PPGIS for information exchange and citizen’s reports as decision support for authorities during large oil spill clean-up operations.
Keywords
Smartphone ; PPGIS ; web app ; Prototype development ; Olieudslip ; Leaflet ; jQuery
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