An Image Annotation and Management Platform for Field Research Materials
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Chen, Wei-Yi
Abstract
Field research is one of the most important research methods in social sciences. A researcher collects material through field work to enrich the diversity of his or her research material. Methods of Field work include informal interviews, direct observation, and personal participation. Regardless of what is involved, a field trip invariably results in the gathering of a collection ofphotographs and associated notes. If not organized and processed right away, one may loose or misintegret the information hidden in the photographs. We noticed not many systems are designed for documenting field research. Indded, a field worker may need to use different softwares to organize the photos and notes properly. In this thesis, we develop a system that allows a field researcher to organize and edit a large amount of photographs. Our system provides simple ways of organizing and editing the photos, so that the researcher can easily classify and annotate them. The implicit information such as time and location of the photos can be extracted and recorded automatically. The user can highlight a portion of a photo and annotate accordingly. Relations between two photographs can also be recorded so that relationships among the photos in a collection can be explored later. We also provide an export function so that the photos and their metadata can be ported to other platforms.
Subjects
Field research
annotation and management of photographs
Type
thesis
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