Tensions on Trails: Understanding Differences between Group and Community Needs in Outdoor Settings
It addresses the problem of understanding user needs for technology design in outdoor settings, but it is incremental as it focuses on comparing existing categories without introducing new methods or data.
This paper compares the needs of groups and communities in outdoor settings to identify differences in how their needs can be supported, concluding that exploring these tensions reveals design opportunities.
This paper compares the needs of groups and communities in outdoor settings, seeking to identify subtle but important differences in the ways that their needs can be supported. We first examine the questions of who uses technology in outdoor settings, what their technological uses and needs are, and what conflicts exist between different trail users regarding technology use and experience. We then consider selected categories of people to understand their distinct needs when acting as groups and as communities. We conclude that it is important to explore the tensions between groups and communities to identify design opportunities.