An Interactive Web Application for School-Based Physical Fitness Testing in California: Geospatial Analysis and Custom Mapping.

Physical activity is crucial for children's healthy growth and development. In the US, most states have physical education standards. California implemented the mandated School-based Physical Fitness Testing (SB-PFT) over two decades ago. Despite the substantial effort in collecting the SB-PFT data, its research reuse has been limited due to the lack of readily accessible analytical tools. We developed a web application utilizing GeoServer, ArcGIS, and AWS to visualize the SB-PFT data. Education administrators and policymakers can leverage this user-friendly platform to gain insights into children's physical fitness trend, and identify schools and districts with successful programs to gauge the success of new physical education programs. The application also includes a custom mapping tool that allows users to compare external datasets with SB-PFT. We conclude that by incorporating advanced analytical capabilities through an informatics-based user-facing tool, this platform has great potential to encourage a broader engagement in enhancing children's physical fitness.