Tool: Portable OpenStreetMap (POSM)
Website:http://posm.ioProject Description: Data was collected by user and community based research. User interviews were conducted to investigate the key value points POSM brings. My primary interests were the goals, challenges, and motivation behind the user's interactions. Slack was the primary source used to contact HOT members who have worked with POSM. I also joined the ODK forum in order to get an insight on who uses ODK since it's very close related to POSM. From the community based research and user interviews, accessibility and usability can potential be enhanced by user friendly step-by-step download POSM process and more exposure to increase in partnerships.
Potential Users:
1. American Red Cross:
Who: These people can be volunteers or American Red Cross respondents.
Why: POSM was created collect data offline for months at a time based upon field rescue sites.
How they use it: POSM extends this functionality by enabling volunteers to bring OSM data into the field on very small servers that host their own wireless local area network, allowing editing to occur without any access to the Internet at all provided in preparation for field assessments in the areas of natural disasters. Volunteers contribute to the overall mission of disaster response but are not Contributing Developers. The American Red Cross association works with people in natural disasters to help aid those in need, and they train the volunteers for assistance on the field.
2. Field Operations:
Who: User for most of the hardware and software development. They are the people on the field who may at times also be volunteers. They may be working as a partnership: Doctors Without Borders.
Why: They may use POSM due to post-disaster analysis and relief, gathering information about hazards and potential areas where improvements can be made, and research in general.
How they use it: A user can pre-download files for an area of interest and then transport POSM to the area. Data collecting, visualizing data, conducting surveys are some forms of usage.
3. Developers:
Who: Volunteers (mappers) who work through open source no matter their level of experience and contribution developers (engineers, software developers, designers, and project managers) who work directly with devices that can be deployed for mapping efforts, particularly when internet access is absent.
Why: The open source contributions are used to improve the usability development of the tools needed.
How: Developers working on operating the different plugins of POSM can design and work on the systems. Volunteer open source members are limited to the work they do. They might report bugs that arise.
Note: Using POSM relies on other tools for offline usage such as ODK, OpenMapKit, and Field Papers
Product Evaluation:
Tool: Portable OpenStreetMap (POSM) Website: http://posm.io Project Description: Data was collected by user and community based research. User interviews were conducted to investigate the key value points POSM brings. My primary interests were the goals, challenges, and motivation behind the user's interactions. Slack was the primary source used to contact HOT members who have worked with POSM. I also joined the ODK forum in order to get an insight on who uses ODK since it's very close related to POSM. From the community based research and user interviews, accessibility and usability can potential be enhanced by user friendly step-by-step download POSM process and more exposure to increase in partnerships.
Potential Users:
1. American Red Cross:
2. Field Operations:
3. Developers:
Note: Using POSM relies on other tools for offline usage such as ODK, OpenMapKit, and Field Papers
Persona Empathy Map:
User Persona: Dan Joseph