Incentive systems

Incentive systems are features with the aim to motivate user to use Noisemap and increase data quantity. But some of them also influence data quality.


Statistics Statistics give a complete feedback of user's measurement behaviour.
# Data
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# Series
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Total time
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Total distance
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Avg. Speed
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Bonus Areas
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Exploration factor
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Daytime behaviour
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Achievements Achievements are level-based honours for specific measurement behaviour of users.
@todo: generate from database
Expert Traveler Routinier Follower
Description # data distance # consecutive days # data within bonus area
> 100 > 1000m > 2d > 50
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Badges Badges are unique honours for special measurement activities.
@todo: generate from database
Badge Name Description
Newbie First measurement series
Tourist Visit more than two countries
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Point system

Measurement data will be rewarded by points. These points are used for temporal (cf. global ranking) and location-based (cf. Titles) ranking.

Data points
P = 1 + 1
Series points
P = 1 + 1
Exploration factor
P = 1 + 1
Bonus Area multiplier
P = 1 + 1
Accuracy factor
P = 1 + 1

Ranking The ranking shows the best global "Noisemappers" in a specific time range.
Criterium
Points (descending)
Time range
Total
Monthly
Weekly
Daily
Location
Worldwide

Titles Titles are location-based incentive ranking system, i.e. users get points for specific locality (e.g. countries, cities) when they measured inside the corresponding locality. The best "Noisemappers" of a locality obtain a special title (e.g. Mayor, President).
Criterium
Points (descending)
Ranking
Top 5
Locality
World
Continents
Countries
Cities with more than 100.000 inhabitants
World Continent Country City (> 100.000 pop.)
Available Title God ? President,
Vice-President
Mayor
Polygon Coverage 100% 100% 100% 92%
Polygon data based on OSM: Locality hierarchy, capitals, population based on
Bonus Areas Bonus areas are pre-defined circular areas. If a user measures inside these areas, his points for the measurement data will be multiplied with a specific factor defining by the bonus area.