**8. Concluding remarks**

information is accumulated in a database and can be easily recovered. **Figure 12** represents

Through GIS land use survey techniques, parks are easily determined. In this scenario, android-based techniques are used for collection of park points'. As parks can be easily inspected in high resolution imagery, therefore, high-resolution satellite imagery is used for discussion as a base map. GeoMeeting environment offers the platform for stakeholders to share and execute their views related to area's enhancement by offering better utilities, facili-

Evaluating the usability testing of GeoMeeting prototype using a case study scenario is helpful to make it effective and usable. A brief summary of steps performed during the usability

The evaluation will organized in three parts: (1) a pre-questionnaire comprised of queries related to the user's background, their experience of other Web GIS applications, their computers expertise, and GIS knowledge. (2) Second part of evaluation is the actual user's interaction with the GeoMeeting system using the analytical method with the help of TeamViewer, Session Cam, and Google Analytics tool, which is easy to use, free, and user-friendly usability-evaluating tool that provides a comprehensive set of Website data tracking and analysis tools. By using the TeamViewer and Session Cam recording components, it is possible to collect highly detailed and useful information about the actual usage of the GeoMeeting Website and its components.

the identified park areas.

ties, and living standards to residents.

**Figure 12.** GeoMeeting for municipality parks mapping.

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**7. Usability testing/evaluation**

evaluation of the prototype is discussed as follows.

Co-PPGIS, a Web-based geospatially enabled conferencing system, assists a real-time participation to facilitate and improve public participation for collaborative decision-making which will bring fundamentally more understandability in any system. This Web system provides real-time amalgamation of data from different sources through Web map services, such as APIs, and supports the amalgamation of local knowledge expressed by meeting participants. In order to aid the Co-PPGIS synchronous participation procedure, which is originally developed and designed to resolve the issues associated with the municipality planning and management, GeoMeeting Prototype is implemented as a proof of concept. GeoMeeting Prototype framework facilitates any sort of e-governance, management, and emergency scenarios (e.g., municipal planning, forest management, urban sprawl, lands state, crime mapping, disaster response, etc.) related to collaborative decision-making and provides an effective, valid, and see-through system in which all the discussion and recommendations between authorities/participants are conserved in the database and can be viewed anytime to know the irresponsibility of even a common person to some authority handling the entire situation. The GeoMeeting is an evolution of map sharing component built previously based on Collaborative PPGIS framework which accommodate effective and better decision-making through its innovative map sharing component technology.

The infrastructure of GeoMeeting was established on several components-based services such as Login Management, Floor Control, Map sharing, Android, feature-based chat, feature popup service, Geometry and Multimedia Sharing feature Services, Bookmark, and Live Video Services. Registered users can have direct access to GeoMeeting through login authentication. The component also includes chat facility, drawing specific location (point, line, and polygon/area); base layer switcher for better understanding of map and search any area of interest; synchronously. These components-based services make it an effective and efficient platform for information/data sharing. Previously, teleconferencing was the only medium used during emergency management planning, but the drawback for teleconferencing was the absence of any geo-collaborative console, i.e., map sharing. GeoMeeting provides realtime geo-collaboration; which improves accuracy and efficiency as well as saves cost and time of the emergency management organization. Consequently, this Co-PPGIS framework-based GeoMeeting provides an interactive interface to have Geo-enabled collaborative participatory discussion platform among decision-making authorities and common people.
