ABSTRACT

Noise action planning (NAP) requires collaboration among stakeholders, given the harmful health effects of noise and the subjectivity of how individuals perceive noise. Maptables can be used to mediate in such a collaborative spatial planning process. However, open software applications specifically designed for those devices are still limited or mismatched with user needs. This study presents the co-design and development process of an Open Geo-Spatial Interactive Tool (OGITO-noise) intended for maptables users. We explore to what extent such a tool can be usable and useful in supporting collaborative NAP in practice. Our methods combine agile software development and human-centered design (HCD) in a hybrid fashion, namely remote co-design meetings and face-to-face testing, to develop an open application that our intended users found useful. Those methods were utilized during a pandemic but can also be used when dealing with geographic or resource limitations.

摘要

考虑到噪声对健康的有害影响以及个人感知噪声的主观性，噪声行动规划 (NAP) 需要利益相关者之间的合作。地图表可用于协调此类协作空间规划过程。然而，专门为这些设备设计的开放软件应用程序仍然受到限制或与用户需求不匹配。本研究介绍了面向地图用户的开放地理空间交互工具（OGITO-noise）的共同设计和开发过程。我们探讨这样的工具在多大程度上可以在实践中支持协作 NAP 方面发挥作用。我们的方法以混合方式结合敏捷软件开发和以人为本的设计（HCD），即远程协同设计会议和面对面测试，以开发我们的目标用户认为有用的开放应用程序。