Conference presentation
Human-Environment Interactive Map
Visualization Technologies Workshop: Visualization Technologies to Support Research on Human - Environment Interactions, 2012 (Annapolis, United States, 23-Jul-2012 - 24-Jul-2012)
National Socio-Environmental Sysnthesis Centre (SESYNC)
2012
Abstract
The interactive map seeks and records individual and cumulative public opinion, displays any proposed new development, and allows public and stakeholders to participate in planning, risk management, environmental modelling and adaptation. Participants interact with a digital map using LED pens to 'draw' on the map. An IR sensor tracks pen location and draw 'electronically' on the projected map. This allow users to draw on the map where they'd like public spaces, gardens, paths, facilities, housing, buildings, roads, public transport routes, location of schools, emergency response centres etc and to also make comments and suggestions. All interactions with map are recorded and are accumulated and displayed as a summary of community needs and planning ideas. Users can also point out start and end destinations for routes like school run, going to work, shopping etc. The interactive map also includes time of day for these activities and the projection can run through a 24h (or any other required) period displaying all the movement of people around the region. The interactive map can run 24/7 in public spaces such as shopping malls, airports, libraries, festivals and other outdoor spaces to engage and collect public opinion. The map can be updated remotely with new locations, questions and prompts and users can review 'their' drawings online from a website. The interactive map provides stakeholders with a historical record of visitor interest, themes and opinions. Collected data can be use by multiple stakeholders including social scientists, computational scientists and humanities scholars who wish to engage with users around spatio-temporal data collections. Researchers can easily modify the locations, questions and visualisations for their own study of human-environment interactions. The Human-Environment Interactive Map is developed by the Engage Research Lab at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. The Engage Research Lab is an industry award winning team of senior academics from Psychology, Physiology, Business, Counselling, Nursing, Regional and Urban Planning, Social Sciences, Design, Education, Communications, Visualisation, GIS, Information Technology, Computer Game Design, and Affective Computing who use technology to engage community around social issues. Building on technologies which are familiar to users such as social networking sites, computer games (eg repurposed commercial games, in-house developed games and alternate reality scenarios), and smartphone applications we provide free to use environments for users to learn about issues and to collaborate to find original solutions.
Details
- Title
- Human-Environment Interactive Map
- Authors
- Christian M Jones (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessMatthew Willis (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessBen Rolfe (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessSarah Adams (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health,Education and Engineering
- Conference details
- Visualization Technologies Workshop: Visualization Technologies to Support Research on Human - Environment Interactions, 2012 (Annapolis, United States, 23-Jul-2012 - 24-Jul-2012)
- Publisher
- National Socio-Environmental Sysnthesis Centre (SESYNC)
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; Engage Research Lab
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450109402621
- Output Type
- Conference presentation
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