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Finally, a third question asked if people would be willing to carry a mobile
GPS enabled device during their visit to assist park management. A total of
52 out of 80 respondents indicated that they would, whereas 26 answered
no
and two
maybe
. All 18-30 year olds would participate, but only half of
the 31-45 year olds were willing to do so this time, with about 65% in the
other two age groups agreeing to do so.
5.4 Preliminary analysis of survey responses
Looking at these three questions, whether park visitors would potentially
participate in crowdsourcing or use Web 2.0 tools could depend on
whether it is a one-off situation with a specific purpose or not. The first
and third questions imply that photos are uploaded after a trip or a GPS
device is carried during a trip - one-off events with a particular task in
mind. In both cases about 65% of respondents said they might participate.
The second question however was more general - would people use WPNP
social media tools - without any specific purpose or why or what it would
entail. Only 42% said
yes
this time, with another 22% responding
maybe
pending additional information.
Figure 4
shows the varying responses to
the three questions analysed.
52
51
Ye s
34
No
28
26
Ma yb e
18
18
Did not
answer
8
6
3
3
2
Photo sharing
Web 2.0 tools
Carry GPS device
Figure 4:
Number of yes, no and maybe responses to the three questions about visitor
willingness to participate.
The third question arguably has the clearest task and purpose, carry a GPS
device around during your trip to assist park management, and bar two, all
participants replied
yes
or
no
. The photo sharing question had ten respon-
dents that demanded more information before they would commit, as the
