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A Study on the Application of the Smartphone Hiking Apps for Analyzing the User Characteristics in Forest Recreation Area: Focusing on Daegwallyoung Area

산림휴양공간 이용특성 분석을 위한 국내 스마트폰 산행앱(APP)의 적용성 및 활용방안 연구: 대관령 선자령 일대를 중심으로

  • Jang, Youn-Sun (Division of Forest Welfare, National Institute of Forest Science) ;
  • Yoo, Rhee-Hwa (Division of Forest Welfare, National Institute of Forest Science) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Hee (Division of Forest Welfare, National Institute of Forest Science)
  • 장윤선 (국립산림과학원 산림복지연구과) ;
  • 유리화 (국립산림과학원 산림복지연구과) ;
  • 이정희 (국립산림과학원 산림복지연구과)
  • Received : 2019.03.14
  • Accepted : 2019.07.08
  • Published : 2019.09.30
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Abstract

This study was conducted to verify whether smartphone hiking apps, which generate social network data including location information, are useful tools for analyzing the use characteristics of a forest recreation area. For this purpose, the study identified the functions and service characteristics of smartphone hiking apps. Also, the use characteristics of the area of Daegwallyoung were analyzed, compared with the results of the field survey, and the applicability of hiking apps was reviewed. As a result, the service types of hiking apps were analyzed in terms of three categories: "information offering," "hiking record," and "information sharing." This study focused on an app that is one of the "hiking record" types with the greatest number of users. Analysis of the data from hiking apps and a field survey in the Daegwallyoung area showed that both hiking apps and the field survey can be used to identify the movement patterns, but hiking apps based on a global positioning system (GPS) are more efficient and objective tools for understanding the use patterns in a forest recreation area, as well as for extracting user-generated photos. Second, although it is advantageous to analyze the patterns objectively through the walking-speed data generated, field surveys and observation are needed as complements for understanding the types of activities in each space. The hiking apps are based on cellphone use and are specific to "hiking" use, so user bias can limit the usefulness of the data. It is significant that this research shows the applicability of hiking apps for analyzing the use patterns of forest recreation areas through the location-based social network data of app users who record their hiking information voluntarily.

최근 GPS 등의 위치정보가 태그된 위치기반 소셜 네트워크 서비스에 대한 개발 및 활용사례가 증가하고 있는 흐름 속에 본 연구는 스마트폰 산행앱(APP)이 산림휴양공간의 이용특성을 분석함에 있어, 공간정보 빅데이터의 툴로서 효용성이 있는지, 효과적이고 유용한 도구인지를 검증하는 데 목적을 두고 수행하였다. 이를 위해 국내 산행앱의 기능과 서비스 특성을 파악하였고 산행앱을 기반으로 대관령 선자령 일대의 이용행태를 분석하여 설문조사 결과와 비교하고 활용가능성을 고찰하였다. 분석결과, 국내산행앱은 '정보제공형', '산행기록형', '정보공유형' 3가지로 분석되었으며 본 연구에서는 '산행기록형'에 해당하며 국내 이용자수가 많은 산행앱을 채용하여 분석하였다. 또한 대관령 선자령 일대를 대상으로 산행앱조사와 설문조사를 실시한 결과, 첫째, 방문장소와 동선의 경우, 산행앱과 설문조사기법 모두 조사가 가능하지만, GPS기반의 산행앱을 통해서는 이용동선 뿐 아니라 이용자 촬영사진 데이터를 추출할 수 있다는 점에서 산림휴양공간의 이용패턴을 파악하는데 좀 더 효율적이고 객관적인 수단임을 확인하였다. 둘째, 체류공간의 경우, 산행앱의 구간 보행속도 데이터를 통해 객관적으로 분석할 수 있다는 점이 장점이지만, 각 공간에서의 활동유형을 파악하기 위해서는 설문조사와 관찰조사가 보완 실시되어야할 필요성이 도출되었다. 본 연구는 등산객들이 직접 자신의 산행정보를 기록하는 '산행앱'의 위치기반 소셜네트워크 데이터가 기존의 설문조사 한계를 보완하여 양적과 질적인 측면에서 산림휴양공간의 이용패턴을 분석하는데 유용하다는 것을 보여주는 연구라는 점에 의의가 있다.

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