Map-based Mobile Services (eBook)

Preface 5
Table of Contents 6
1 The State of the Art of Map-Based Mobile Services 14
1.1 Research questions and development paradigms 14
1.2 An overview of existing mobile map services 16
1.3 Adaptations and interactions 17
1.4 The usability of mobile map services 18
1.5 About the book 22
1.6 Concluding remarks 23
References 23
2 Decluttering of Icons Based on Aggregation in Mobile Maps 26
2.1 Introduction 26
2.2 Label placement in map-based applications 28
2.3 Decluttering of icons through aggregation 33
2.4 Future research directions 43
2.5 Conclusions 44
Acknowledgements 44
References 44
3 User-Centered Design of Landmark Visualizations 46
3.1 Introduction 46
3.2 Related work 47
3.3 Types of landmarks 51
3.4 Designing visualizations 53
3.5 Evaluations 60
3.6 Conclusion and outlook 67
Acknowledgements 67
References 68
4 An Incremental Strategy for Fast Transmission of Multi-Resolution Data in a Mobile System 70
4.1 Introduction 70
4.2 Some solutions for managing multi-resolution 71
data in a mobile context 71
4.3 MR data and MR data transfer models 77
4.4 Incremental strategy: conditions and interest 83
4.5 Implementation and results 86
4.6 Conclusion and outlook 90
Acknowledgements 90
References 90
5 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Non-Realistic 3D Maps for Navigation with Mobile Devices 93
5.1 Introduction 93
5.2 Computer graphics and photorealism 94
5.3 3D and cartography 97
5.4 Mobile maps 101
5.5 Expressive city models 102
5.6 Assessing the technique 104
5.7 Research observations and results 109
5.8 Research evaluation 110
5.9 Conclusion 112
Appendix A: Post-test questionnaire 112
References 115
6 Context-Aware Applications Enhanced with Commonsense Spatial Reasoning 118
6.1 Introduction 118
6.2 Knowledge-based correlation of information with spatial representation and reasoning 120
6.3 Commonsense spatial models for information correlation 124
6.4 Hybrid logics for commonsense spatial reasoning 130
6.5 A Smart home example 134
6.6 Concluding remarks 136
References 136
7 Personalising Map Feature Content for Mobile Map Users 138
7.1 Introduction 138
7.2 Related work 140
7.3 Mobile map personalisation with MAPPER 143
7.4 Designing and implementing MAPPER 149
7.5 Evaluating MAPPER efficiency 154
7.6 Conclusions and future work 156
References 156
8 A Survey of Multimodal Interfaces for Mobile Mapping Applications 159
8.1 Introduction 159
8.2 The CoMPASS system 161
8.3 Survey of existing methodologies 167
8.4 CoMPASS evaluation 172
8.5 Results 174
8.6 Discussion 177
References 178
9 User Interaction in Mobile Navigation Applications 181
9.1 Introduction 181
9.2 Cooperation and grounding 182
9.3 What is multimodality? 186
9.4 Multimodality in human-computer interaction 188
9.5 Characteristics of multimodal map navigation 191
9.6 An example: the MUMS-system 197
9.7 Discussion and future research 204
Acknowledgements 206
References 206
10 Designing Interactions for Navigation in 3D Mobile Maps 211
10.1 Introduction 211
10.2 Definitions 212
10.3 General requirements for mobile navigation interfaces 214
10.4 A model of interactive search on mobile maps 218
10.5 Designing controls 221
10.6 Designing for navigation 223
10.7 Input mechanisms 232
10.8 Navigation interface 233
10.9 Implementation notes 237
10.10 Summary 237
Acknowledgements 238
References 238
11 PDA-Assisted Indoor-Navigation with Imprecise Positioning: Results of a Desktop Usability Study 241
11.1 Introduction 241
11.2 Previous work 242
11.3 Desktop usability study 245
11.4 Results and discussion 253
11.5 Conclusions 257
Acknowledgements 258
References 258
12 Accuracy and Performance Assessment of a Window-Based Heuristic Algorithm for Real-Time Routing in Map-Based Mobile Applications 261
12.1 Introduction 261
12.2 Window-based heuristic algorithm 264
12.3 Experiments 266
12.4 Analysis of results 270
12.5 Conclusions and future research 277
References 278
13 How Mobile Maps Cooperate with Existing Navigational Infrastructure 280
13.1 Introduction 280
13.2 Background and motivation 281
13.4 Contextual design and experimental setting 286
13.5 Experimental design 289
13.6 Study results 294
13.7 Analysis and discussion 298
13.8 Conclusion 302
Acknowledgements 303
References 303
14 Geographical Data in Mobile Applications Uses beyond Map Making 306
14.1 Introduction 306
14.2 Authoring 308
14.3 Visibility 310
14.4 Filtering and highlighting 313
14.5 Photo-keying 315
14.6 3D mapping 317
14.7 Conclusion 320
Acknowledgements 321
References 321
15 Mobile Location-Based Gaming 323
15.1 Introduction 323
15.2 Review of exemplary mobile location-based games 327
15.3 Mobile location-based game components 333
15.4 Mobile location-based game tools 341
15.5 Conclusions 345
Acknowlegements 346
References 346
16 Mobile Maps and More – Extending i-Criteria Location-Based Services with Mult Decision Analysis 348
16.1 Introduction 348
16.2 Multi-criteria decision analysis in geoinformatics 349
16.3 Location-based decision support 352
16.4 Scenario of mobile decision-making in emergency response 353
16.5 Architecture of a map-based mobile decision support system 354
16.6 User interface design for a mobile decision support system for emergency response 358
16.7 Conclusions and outlook 361
Acknowledgements 362
References 362