This environmental audit tool (a modified version of the existing, RESIDE-POST instrument) was created to facilitate comprehensive remote environmental auditing of POS.
It involved the development and testing of a new Public Open Space Desktop Auditing Tool (POSDAT) that used remote audit methods combining web-based information and remote sensing.
POSDAT captured the presence or absence of the features listed in measured within five domains:
The protocol (POSDAT Instruction Manual) provided detailed descriptions and graphics for all features included in POSDAT.