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Excursiona: A collaborative mobile application for excursions in nature

Year: 2024

Type: software-paper

Abstract: This paper presents Excursiona, an application that provides substantial value to group excursions. Excursiona promotes collaboration and awareness during the excursion, as the group members navigate the map. Moreover, users can share pictures of interesting points they discover and interact in the chat room. The application has great potential in fields that benefit from outdoor collaboration, with application cases on children with special needs or firefighters. Regarding the technological approach, Excursiona has been developed in Flutter, making it compatible with iOS and Android operating systems, which along other technological tools has enhanced the possibilities of the project. Finally, an evaluation with users has allowed the testing of the system and the evaluation of the collaborative and awareness features.

Source: SoftwareX

DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2024.101908

Authors: Manuel Ortega Cordovilla, Sergio Garrido Merino, Crescencio Bravo Santos, Ana Isabel Molina Díaz, Manuel Ortega Cantero

Institution: University of Castilla-La Mancha

Language: English

Topic: Mobile and Web Applications

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $970

Funders: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, European Regional Development Fund