Visitor cell phone application: An innovative design to monitor visitor mobility in Acadia National Park
Caltabiano JP, Charbonneau JL, Fischler MA, Nadeau GT. 2018. Visitor cell phone application: An innovative design to monitor visitor mobility in Acadia National Park. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
From the abstract: "The goal of this project was to demonstrate the feasibility of using a mobile application to collect data about vehicle position and movement in Acadia National Park. The team developed a mobile application for the Android cell phone. This was done to show a proof of concept for a more effective way to collect data on vehicular traffic throughout the park. The data that was collected and stored by our application contained GPS location, time, and an anonymous user ID. Our project also determined the willingness of volunteers to download a mobile application that would collect data for future research study for the national park. The feasibility of the mobile application was determined and suggestions were made regarding its future implementation. The application was distributed to visitors in the park in order to demonstrate the efficacy of the data collected. To analyze and convey this data, various tools were used including ArcGIS and Google Maps."
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Caltabiano, Joseph; Charbonneau, Jack; Fischler, Mikayla; Nadeau, Gillian
- Date of Issue
- 2018-08
- Publisher
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Units
- ARCH , DENA , DEVA , EVER , GLAC , GLBA , KATM , KOVA , LACL , YELL , YOSE , ZION
- Keywords
- Roads, Traffic, Trails, Visitor experience, Visitor use, Visitors