Outputs (3)

Usability of Geographic Information: current challenges and future directions (2013)
Journal Article
Brown, M., Sharples, S., Harding, J., Parker, C., Bearman, N., Maguire, M., Forrest, D., Haklay, M., & Jackson, M. (2013). Usability of Geographic Information: current challenges and future directions. Applied Ergonomics, 44(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2012.10.013

The use of Geographic Information or GI, has grown rapidly in recent years. Previous research has identified the importance of usability and user centred design in enabling the proliferation and exploitation of GI. However, the design and developme... Read More about Usability of Geographic Information: current challenges and future directions.

Introducing PEGI: a usability process for the practical evaluation of Geographic Information (2013)
Journal Article
Brown, M., Sharples, S., & Harding, J. (2013). Introducing PEGI: a usability process for the practical evaluation of Geographic Information. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 71(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2013.01.004

As the use of Geographic Information (GI) is becoming more widespread, the usability of GI is being recognised as an important issue. However, exploring the usability of information products brings with it a range of problems that are not easily han... Read More about Introducing PEGI: a usability process for the practical evaluation of Geographic Information.

Participant experiences of mobile device-based diary studies (2013)
Journal Article
Sun, X., Golightly, D., Cranwell, J., Bedwell, B. D., & Sharples, S. (2013). Participant experiences of mobile device-based diary studies. International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.4018/jmhci.2013040104

Mobile device-based diary studies have potential as contextual data capture methods that address the limitations of the traditional paper-based diary method. While there have been a number of studies that demonstrate the power of the mobile device-ba... Read More about Participant experiences of mobile device-based diary studies.