Mobile phones have gone beyond their initial intentions as communication devices and now serve as a source of information and recreational use. In 2016, the National Park Service released a Call to Action that mentions an increased focus on integrating mobile applications into the park experience. This paper focuses on how visitors in Acadia National Park use mobile applications and how popular apps may influence their decision-making. Most visitors use mobile applications spontaneously to compensate for a lack of knowledge. Additionally, many visitors do not know about the National Park Service App, so we recommend increasing advertising in the park and online, as well as improving the National Park Service App for easier and more intuitive use.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Carter, Ethan
• McNamara, Sean
• Balin, Anna

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Community
• Infrastructure
• Learning
• Computing
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-080224-081718
• 123650

Parola chiave

• National park
• Spontaneity
• Mobile applications
• National Park Service
• Decision-making

Advisor

• Kurlanska, Courtney Brooke
• Bianchi, Frederick W.

Year

• 2024

Center

• Acadia National Park, Maine Project Center - IQP

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2024-08-02

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-080224-081718

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Ultima modifica

• 2024-09-20