Map-based Mobile Services Theories, Methods and Implementations /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Meng, L. (Editor), Reichenbacher, T. (Editor), Zipf, A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Geography.; Earth sciences.; Multimedia information systems.; Geographical information systems.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Earth Sciences, general.; Multimedia Information Systems.; Geography, general.

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...

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.