As the project moved more towards data collection for co-performed place-making, it became more evident that the tagging of multiple types of waypoints during a walk, while a feasible activity for the research team, was a big ask for any project participants. We need a much simpler way of tagging the GPS routes with distinct waypoints.
This is a design concept that underpins the current low fidelity app design.
It also inspires the direction that the hardware design took.
A conversation with a colleague who used to work with data collection for Parks and Wildlife provided some insights. They also have occasional need to note specific data types attached to waypoints (specific feral cats or specific weeds for example) and used a keyboard input data logger.
Commercial multi-event data loggers that allow customizable key inputs are not common. Our next step was to develop our own:
A work in progress …