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.

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

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

Inhalt
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.