Map-based Mobile Services Theories, Methods and Implementations

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 ambi...

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Other Authors: Meng, Liqiu (Editor), Zipf, Alexander (Editor), Reichenbacher, Tumasch (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2005, 2005
Edition:1st ed. 2005
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Map-based mobile services
  • Portrayal and Generalisation of Point Maps for Mobile Information Services
  • Activity and Context — A Conceptual Framework for Mobile Geoservices
  • Effectiveness and efficiency of tourism maps in the World Wide Web and their potential for mobile map services
  • The Cognitive Reality of Schematic Maps
  • Adaptive Visualisation of Landmarks using an MRDB
  • Ego centres of mobile users and egocentric map design
  • Adaptation to Context — A Way to Improve the Usability of Mobile Maps
  • Focalizing Measures of Salience for Wayfinding
  • Adaptive egocentric maps for mobile users
  • Cartographic Location Based Services
  • XML in Service Architectures for Mobile Cartographic Applications
  • A Survey of Map-based Mobile Guides
  • Position Determination of Reference Points in Surveying
  • Dynamic 3D Maps for Mobile Tourism Applications
  • Designing electronic maps: an ethnographic approach