Mobile Cartography

Content

The course provides an overview of theories, methods and application for information delivery and cartographic presentation on mobile devices. The course structure reflects the complete processing chain and visualization pipeline starting with data capturing and integration, followed by scale dependent data modelling until adaptive information presentation on small screens. In addition theories and methods for automated generalisation and multiple representation will be presented. Lecture topics concerning mobile cartography in detail:

introduction to mobile cartography with definitions, platforms, applications and research challenges
mobile user interface design
icon and map design for small screens
positioning techniques, sensors and geosensor networks
user generated content
navigation, context and adaptation
field based evaluation methods
methods for interactive and automated generalization

At the end of the module students are able to

understand the complete information flow on mobile devices, considered data capturing and integration, scale dependent data modelling until adaptive information presentation
capture and integrate geodata to mobile devices
apply context modeling and user modeling with geodata on mobile devices
create multiple representation of geodata on mobile devices
create on-demand and on-the-fly generalization with geodata on mobile devices
create mobile applications (e.g. navigation, wayfinding, orientation, tourist maps)
apply and evaluate concepts and algorithms for generalisation of 2D- and 3D-geodata