Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Role-Tailored Map Dashboards—A New Approach for Enhancing the Forest-based Supply Chain |
| Authors: |
Caroline Atzl, Johannes Scholz, Bernhard Vockner, Manfred Mittlböck, Laura Knoth |
| Source: |
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 41 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI AG, 2019. |
| Publication Year: |
2019 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Geography (General) |
| Subject Terms: |
digital forest, map dashboard, web mapping apps, task-oriented, media disruptions, forest-based supply chain, user roles, user tasks, field study, procurement, Geography (General), G1-922 |
| More Details: |
The article presents a map dashboard aimed at enhancing the information flow in the forest-based supply chain (FbSC). We especially focus on the procurement stage and connect the stakeholders in (near) real-time via standardized data models, interfaces and services, as well as using open-source software only. For the communication strategy, we use a new approach that incorporates the user’s roles and tasks to create role-tailored views on the dashboard showing specific task-oriented web maps. Hence, the first research question aims at identifying the roles and tasks in Austrian forestry. We identified four major roles (site managers & foresters, forest workers, truck drivers, customers) and six tasks during group discussions. The second research question deals with the effects of a role-tailored map dashboard. Therefore, we evaluated the prototype in a two-week test phase that concludes with a field study with five experts. The results are twofold: qualitative using the results from field interviews and quantitative based on a now vs. then comparison with regard to the number of media disruptions. This comparison reveals that up to 80% of the media disruption in our use case scenario could be removed by using the role-tailored map dashboard. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2220-9964 |
| Relation: |
http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/8/1/41; https://doaj.org/toc/2220-9964 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/ijgi8010041 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/8460f06055ec4645bce3b454224746f3 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.8460f06055ec4645bce3b454224746f3 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
