Development of Web-GIS Based Tourist Information Site and Usability Evaluation for Elderly People

摘要

This study is to develop the Web-GIS based tourist information site that allows the user to register tourist information easily using the GPS-camera mounted mobile phone. This site can be accessed from not only the PC but also the portable data terminals such as Smartphone and iPad (tablet computer). And also in this study, we evaluated usability with using iPad for elderly people. The elderly people who are unfamiliar with Smartphone and digital information are selected as the subjects in evaluation of web usability. The experimental results proved the following two facts, regardless of subjects PC experience levels. (1) As the result of having analyzed the subjects' operation achievement, it can be said that these tools are expectable to improve their achievement levels. (2) As the result of having analyzed the subjects' comprehension level of system operation, it can be said that these tools are expectable to improve their learning effectiveness in the environment where the subjects can ask questions.