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23 May 2016
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| 23 May 2016
Smartphone applications for communicating avalanche risk information – a study on how they are developed and evaluated by their providers
Marie K. M. Charrière
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Water Resources Section, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628CN
Delft, the Netherlands
Thom A. Bogaard
Water Resources Section, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628CN
Delft, the Netherlands
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This paper present the results of interviews that were conducted with the developers of apps dedicated to avalanche risk communication. The study investigates the context of their development to determine how choices of content and visualization were made as well as how their effectiveness is evaluated. Results show that consensus is achieved in terms of message but not in terms of visualization. However, progress remains in terms of effectiveness evaluation.
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