Map-based Mobile Services

Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf ist Dozent im Fachbereich Geoinformatik und Vermessung der FH Mainz.

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.

From the reviews:

"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)

From the reviews:"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)