A Large-Scale Quantitative Survey of the German Geocaching Community in 2007
We present a large-scale quantitative contextual survey of the geocaching community in Germany, one of the world’s largest geocaching communities. We investigate the features, attitudes, interests, and motivations that characterise the German geocachers. Two anonymous surveys have been carried out o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Advances in Human-Computer Interaction |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/257815 |
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| Summary: | We present a large-scale quantitative contextual survey of the
geocaching community in Germany, one of the world’s largest geocaching
communities. We investigate the features, attitudes, interests, and motivations
that characterise the German geocachers. Two anonymous surveys
have been carried out on this issue in the year 2007. We conducted a large-scale
qualitative general study based on web questionnaires and a more
targeted study, which aimed at a comprehensive amount of revealed geocaches
of a certain region. With sample sizes of n=1982 (study 1: general
study) and n=310 (study 2: regional study) we provide a representative basis to ground previous qualitative research in this domain. In addition, we investigated the usage of technology in combination with traditional paper-based
media by the geocachers. This knowledge can be used to reflect on
past and future trends within the geocaching community. |
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| ISSN: | 1687-5893 1687-5907 |