Excursiona: A collaborative mobile application for excursions in nature

IF 2.4 4区计算机科学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

SoftwareX Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI:10.1016/j.softx.2024.101908

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

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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.

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Excursiona：自然游览协作移动应用程序

本文介绍的 Excursiona 是一款能为团体游览提供实质性价值的应用程序。在游览过程中，当小组成员浏览地图时，Excursiona 促进了协作和认识。此外，用户还可以分享他们发现的有趣景点的图片，并在聊天室中进行互动。该应用程序在受益于户外协作的领域具有巨大潜力，其应用案例涉及有特殊需求的儿童或消防员。在技术方法方面，Excursiona 是用 Flutter 开发的，与 iOS 和 Android 操作系统兼容，与其他技术工具一起提高了项目的可能性。最后，通过与用户进行评估，对系统进行了测试，并对协作和感知功能进行了评估。

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来源期刊

SoftwareX COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING-

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

2.90%

发文量

184

审稿时长

9 weeks

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