Location Based Services and Telecartography

by Gartner, Georg; Cartwright, William; Peterson, Michael P.

• ISBN13: 9783540367277
• ISBN10: 3540367276
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-30
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

This book presents a general picture of research-driven activities related to location- and map-based services. This type of research has emerged in recent years in the areas of positioning, spatial modeling, and cartographic communication as well as in the emerging fields of ubiquitous cartography, geopervasive services and user-centered modeling. The innovative and contemporary character of these areas of research results in a great variety of interdisciplinary contributions, from academia to business, and computer science to geodesy. While contemporary cartography is exploring new and efficient ways of communicating spatial information, the development and availability of mobile devices, mobile networking and short-range sensors lead to interesting new means of conveying locational information. By attempting to make use of the available technology, cartographers and a variety of researchers from related disciplines look specifically at user-centered and context-aware system development as well as new forms of supporting wayfinding and navigational systems.

Table of Contents

LBS and telecartography : about the book	p. 1
Design constraints on operational LBS	p. 13
Location based services and GIS in perspective	p. 27
A market and user view on LBS	p. 47
What makes location based services fail?	p. 59
The transition from Internet to mobile mapping	p. 73
Theory and development of research in ubiquitous mapping	p. 89
Positioning LBS to the third dimension	p. 107
Altitude determination of a pedestrian in a multi-storey building	p. 119
Terminal-centric location services in IP multimedia subsystem	p. 131
WiKaF - a knowledge-based Kalman-Filter for pedestrian positioning	p. 143
Map-independent positioning of land vehicles with causative modified motion equations	p. 153
Shortest path search in multi-representation street databases	p. 165
Region-based representation for assistance with spatio-temporal planning in unfamiliar environments	p. 179
A logic-based foundation for spatial relationships in mobile GIS environment	p. 193
From turn-by-turn directions to overview information on the way to take	p. 205
Geocoding Japanese walking directions using sidewalk network databases	p. 217
The concept of relevance in mobile maps	p. 231
A knowledge-based map adaptation approach for mobile map services	p. 247
A visual editor for OGC SLD files for automating the configuration of WMS and mobile map applications	p. 265
Towards orientation-aware location based mobile services	p. 279
Geo-services and computer vision for object awareness in mobile system applications	p. 291
How to design a pedestrian navigation system for indoor and outdoor environments	p. 301
Dancingöwithoutögravity : a story of interface design	p. 317
Landmarks and the perception of a space in 3D-worlds	p. 329
Comparing the effects of different 3D representations on human wayfinding	p. 345
An approach towards semantics-based navigation in 3D city models on mobile devices	p. 357
The world as a user interface : AR for ubiquitous computing	p. 369
"Anywhere augmentation" : towards mobile augmented reality in unprepared environments	p. 393
Open content Web mapping service : a really simple syndication (RSS) approach	p. 417
Mobile landscapes : Graz in real time	p. 433
The spatial accuracy of mobile positioning : some experiences with geographical studies in Estonia	p. 445
A framework for decision-centred visualisation in civil crisis management	p. 461
Providing an information infrastructure for map based LBS - the approach of the city of Vienna	p. 479
MoGeo : a location-based educational service	p. 493
Bata positioning system - a real time tracking system for the world's largest relay race	p. 511
Smartphone-based information and navigation aids for public transport travellers	p. 525
EASYGO - a public transport query and guiding LBS	p. 545
Mobile city explorer : an innovative GPS and camera phone based travel assistant for city tourists	p. 557
Development of cultural inheritance information system using LBS technologies for tourists	p. 575
LWD-infosystem tirol - visual information about the current avalanche situation via mobile devices	p. 583
Spatial tracking in sport	p. 593
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