Since launching five years ago, SeaSketch has been used in approximately 30 large-scale projects and over 200 educational programs and research-based projects distributed over 40 countries. The study presented in this article engages SeaSketch developers, project administrators, and users through semi-structured interviews and surveys meant to inform designers on how to better incorporate the participatory process within geodesign applications. The results of this study suggest five ways in which designers can help increase public participation including: (1) determining the eligibility of a project by mapping stakeholder engagement, (2) monitoring perceptions of fairness, (3) visualizing data for non-technical experts, (4) alternatives to usability models with chauffeurs, and (5) project management features within geodesign. Each one of these suggestions provides ample avenues of inquiry and can help practitioners and researchers conduct longitudinal studies across projects and/or applications.

自5年前启动以来，SeaSketch已在40个国家/地区中的大约30个大型项目以及200多个教育计划和基于研究的项目中使用。本文介绍的研究通过半结构化访谈和调查吸引了SeaSketch开发人员，项目管理员和用户，旨在使设计人员了解如何更好地将参与性过程纳入地理设计应用程序中。这项研究的结果提出了五种方法，设计师可以使用这些方法来帮助提高公众的参与度，包括：（1）通过绘制利益相关者的参与来确定项目的资格；（2）监测公平的看法；（3）可视化非技术专家的数据，（4）配备司机的可用性模型的替代方案，以及（5）地理设计中的项目管理功能。