Reporting Water Quality - A case study of a mobile phone application for collecting data in developing countries

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 105-113

  Champanis, Michael ^a   Rivett, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mobile devices; Remote data collection; Water Quality

Indexed keywords

DATA POINTS; GOOGLE MAPS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS; PILOT IMPLEMENTATION; REMOTE DATA; WEB-BASED SYSTEM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGERS; MOBILE DEVICES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84859021786     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2160673.2160688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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