iShake: Mobile phones as seismic sensors - User study findings

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 43-52

  Ervasti, Mari ^a   Dashti, Shideh ^b   Reilly, Jack ^c   Bray, Jonathan D ^c   Bayen, Alexandre ^c   Glaser, Steven ^c  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

apple iPhone; California; earthquake; field trial; post earthquake notification; seismic sensor; smartphone; user experience; value creation

Indexed keywords

APPLE IPHONE; CALIFORNIA; FIELD TRIAL; POST-EARTHQUAKE NOTIFICATION; SEISMIC SENSOR; USER EXPERIENCE; VALUE CREATION;

MOBILE PHONES; SENSORS; SMARTPHONES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 84863511482     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2107596.2107601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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