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Map-based Mobile Services

Theories, Methods and Implementations

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. L. Meng

    1. Institute of Photogrammetry and Cartography, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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  2. T. Reichenbacher

    1. Institute of Photogrammetry and Cartography, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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  3. A. Zipf

    1. Department for Geoinformatics and Surveying FH Mainz, University of Applied Sciences, Mainz, Germany

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  • First book on map design for mobile applications
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Map-based mobile services

    • Liqiu Meng, Tumasch Reichenbacher
    Pages 1-10

  3. Portrayal and Generalisation of Point Maps for Mobile Information Services

    • Alistair Edwardes, Dirk Burghardt, Robert Weibel
    Pages 11-30

  4. Activity and Context — A Conceptual Framework for Mobile Geoservices

    • Doris Dransch
    Pages 31-42

  5. Effectiveness and efficiency of tourism maps in the World Wide Web and their potential for mobile map services

    • Frank Dickmann
    Pages 43-53

  6. The Cognitive Reality of Schematic Maps

    • Alexander Klippel, Kai-Florian Richter, Thomas Barkowsky, Christian Freksa
    Pages 55-71

  7. Adaptive Visualisation of Landmarks using an MRDB

    • Birgit Elias, Mark Hampe, Monika Sester
    Pages 73-86

  8. Ego centres of mobile users and egocentric map design

    • Liqiu Meng
    Pages 87-105

  9. Adaptation to Context — A Way to Improve the Usability of Mobile Maps

    • L. Tiina Sarjakoski, Annu-Maaria Nivala
    Pages 107-123

  10. Focalizing Measures of Salience for Wayfinding

    • Stephan Winter, Martin Raubal, Clemens Nothegger
    Pages 125-139

  11. Adaptive egocentric maps for mobile users

    • Tumasch Reichenbacher
    Pages 141-158

  12. Cartographic Location Based Services

    • Georg Gartner, Susanne Uhlirz
    Pages 159-171

  13. XML in Service Architectures for Mobile Cartographic Applications

    • Lassi Lehto, Tapani Sarjakoski
    Pages 173-192

  14. A Survey of Map-based Mobile Guides

    • Jürg Baus, Keith Cheverst, Christian Kray
    Pages 193-209

  15. Position Determination of Reference Points in Surveying

    • Leonhard Dietze, Klaus Böhm
    Pages 211-225

  16. Dynamic 3D Maps for Mobile Tourism Applications

    • Arne Schilling, Volker Coors, Katri Laakso
    Pages 227-239

  17. Designing electronic maps: an ethnographic approach

    • Barry Brown, Eric Laurier
    Pages 241-257

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 259-260
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About this book

The development of wireless telecommunication and ubiquitous computing te- nologies has led to a growing mobile population and dramatically changed p- terns of working and everyday life. A smooth and safe mobility is only possible when the mobile person is well-informed of the happenings in his ambient en- ronments. Location-sensitive maps have proved a strong enhancement to what a mobile user can directly perceive from his ambient environments. Since ancient times the map has been the favorite communication language of spatial infor- tion. It is even more the case for mobile applications where brand-new maps can be wirelessly retrieved or generated in real-time. The upsurge of map-based s- vices on mobile devices has raised a number of new questions challenging the conventional computer-assisted cartography. Map-based mobile services provides a contemporary overview of research and development issues related to the design and the use of mobility-supporting maps. The book has been written for professional cartographers who are striving for - tending their theoretical, methodological and practical knowledge to mobile m- making, for surveyors and geo-service providers involved in the development of intelligent location-based services, for software developers and cognitive scientists engaged in human-computer interaction, and for students and academics in cart- raphy and geoinformation sciences. The book was initiated by the multidisciplinary workshop “Design of m- based mobile services” within the frame of the conference “Human and Computer 2003 – Interaction on the movement” held in Stuttgart, Germany, September 2003.

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"This book contains sixteen co-authored chapters … . The chapters provide a contemporary overview of the research agenda related to the design and use of maps associated with mobile devices and mobility-supporting initiatives. The book is written for a broad audience. … Overall this reviewer enjoyed reading the book, and recommends that it be placed on the reading list of any advanced cartography/geovisualization course exploring theoretical and applied research agendas." (Peter Keller, Geomatica, Vol. 59 (3), 2005)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Photogrammetry and Cartography, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    L. Meng, T. Reichenbacher

  • Department for Geoinformatics and Surveying FH Mainz, University of Applied Sciences, Mainz, Germany

    A. Zipf

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