We're currently planning a pilot study to explore movement behaviour within urban and sub-urban greenspace, as well as the contribution of greenspace-based physical activity to total weekly physical activity. Participants will be given accelerometers to capture movement, but we're looking for a good (but affordable) method of capturing location. Dedicated GPS devices remain prohibitively expensive for this project, with a potential solution available through using smartphone data collection.
I'd be really interested and grateful to receive recommendations for smartphone apps that would facilitate this capture. Naturally, I'm interested in accuracy, but would be willing to compromise somewhat in order to obtain an app that is cross-platform, simple to use and share data, and possesses precedence for research use. The app also needs to be ethically sound with regard to data sharing and privacy. The choice in available apps is overwhelming, and any recommendations would be most welcome, especially those based on experience.
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I really appreciate your tendency to data privacy und security! You could have a look into the available apps in nextcloud. PhoneTrack comes to mind as an example:
https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/phonetrack
With that, the recorded data could be stored on a self-hosted nextcloud instance.
Thanks for this recommendtion Frank Bahrmann I hadn't encountered these resources before.
Seems like it’s going to have to be Strava. Accurate enough GPS, available across phone brands, isn’t overly large, doesn’t smash the battery, handles walking, running, and cycling, and allows GPX downloads. I’d have thought there would have been an alternative.
Hi Dr Jamie Sims . There are many. See the following useful RG link: Article Where You at? Using GPS Locations in an Electronic Time Use ...
Kindly see also the following good RG link: Article Mobile GIS applications for environmental field surveys: A s...
Also check please the following very good RG link: Article Research on application of GPS-based wireless communication ...
Also the following RG link is very good: Article Global Positioning System: a new opportunity in physical act...
Also check..Where You at? Using GPS Locations in an Electronic Time Use ...
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