Recitoire: a tool for qualitative surveys involving citizens in urban planning projects David Noël, Marlène Villanova-Oliver, Jérôme Gensel Univ. Grenoble Alpes STeamer Research Team Grenoble Computer Science Lab 681 rue de la Passerelle, 38400 Saint-Martin d’Hères, France [email protected] 1

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The FABTER project At the beginning Recitoire is a request from urban planners Difficulty to involve citizens in urban planning project Collect of qualitative data in situ

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Related work ●

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FixMyCity : Report local problems to a municipality MyFunCity : Express oneself in order to influence public policy Photomap Sensr or Moccomaps : Framework dedicated to the creation of VGI applications 3

Recitoire application : case study ●

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A municipality wants to measure the interest of a new pedestrian area Realization of a diagnostic about how people perceive their environment Thanks to the mobile application of Recitoire the residents can give feedback of their urban experience passing through this area

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The Recitoire Application

Citizen

Collect

Integration Analysis

Report Expert

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The Recitoire Application

Citizen

Collect

Integration Analysis

Report Expert

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Create a Urban Narrative

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Take picture, video or sound

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Comment using text or sound

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Visualize a Urban Narrative The Story Data-Board view

Movement bar

Comments

Medias

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Visualize a Urban Narrative The location view

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The Recitoire Application

Citizen

Collect

Integration Analysis

Report Expert

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Query interface

Recitoire Server

Route visualisation

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Characteristics of the narrative

The wizards ●

They allow the expert to : –

Configure the mobile application ● ●

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Define a theme Choose a set of keywords

Extract data from mobile devices ●

Easily achievable by connecting the phone to a computer

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Technical aspects Client Application ●

Android mobile application

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OSMDroid

Server application ●

Symfony2 web application

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OpenLayers

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Google Street View and Hyperlapse

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D3.js

OpenStreetMap

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First Tests ●

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Students of Urbanism Institute of Grenoble Citizens encountered during the Experimenta exhibition –

Ease of use highlighted

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Telling a story is considered as useful but not always easy

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Suggestions for adding features

We are currently conducting tests with experts 14

Future Work Propose more advanced functionalities on the server side

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According to the tests results with the experts

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For the creation of a report

Explore the possibility to create surveys at larger scales –

In terms of number of respondents

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In terms of territory

Offer more facilities to deal with the time dimension ( Noël & al. , July 2014, Eidolon, Québec )

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Thank you for your attention ! Recitoire: a tool for qualitative surveys involving citizens in urban planning projects David Noël, Marlène Villanova-Oliver, Jérôme Gensel Univ. Grenoble Alpes STeamer Research Team Grenoble Computer Science Lab

[email protected]

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