Designing a mobile application to increase open data awareness and consumption in Namibia: A best practice example of public transportation in Windhoek

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dc.contributor.authorAmugongo, Lameck, M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-22T12:08:08Z
dc.date.available2019-02-22T12:08:08Z
dc.date.issued2016-09-16
dc.description.abstractOver the past few years, we have witnessed a paradigm shift in the way public data is administered. The need to effectively manage public data has led to an increased adoption of open data initiatives by many governments. Open data is an initiative that advocates for public data to be freely available for all to use and redistribute without restrictions. However, lack of awareness about opportunities and the benefits of open data among citizens, as well as the steadfastness of governments to control certain public data are some of the challenges facing open data initiatives. Nevertheless, high mobile internet penetration and the effectiveness of persuasive computing present an opportunity to alleviate these challenges and unleash open data potential. Furthermore, the power of persuasive technologies such as mobile applications to influence and change user behaviours present even greater opportunities to create awareness on a larger scale. This study proposes a mobile application as a best practice example to increase awareness, persuade both government and citizens to change their attitudes towards open data and therefore increase the use of public data in Namibia. The developed mobile application using public bus stops geolocation data aims at improving access to public transportation services within the City of Windhoek. The obtained results show that the application could extract stops and routes, and schedule information from the database as well as display them to the user. However, the application could not track buses in real time.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAmugongo, L.M. (2016). Designing a mobile application to increase open data awareness and consumption in Namibia: A best practice example of public transportation in Windhoek. (Unpublished master's thesis). Namibia University of Science and Technology.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10628/626
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNamibia University of Science and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectMobile applicationen_US
dc.subjectOpen dataen_US
dc.subjectPublic transportationen_US
dc.subjectPersuasive computingen_US
dc.subjectAwarenessen_US
dc.titleDesigning a mobile application to increase open data awareness and consumption in Namibia: A best practice example of public transportation in Windhoeken_US
dc.title.alternativeThesis Presented for the research project in fulfilment of the Degree of Master of Computer Science at the Namibia University of Science and Technology.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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