Multimedia Cartography

By: William Cartwright (Editor), Michael P Peterson (Editor), Georg Gartner (Editor)

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Hardcover | 13 October 2006 | Edition Number 2

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Multimedia Cartography provides a contemporary overview of the issues related to multimedia cartography and the design and production elements that are unique to this area of mapping. The book has been written for professional cartographers interested in moving into multimedia mapping, for cartographers already involved in producing multimedia titles who wish to discover the approaches that other practitioners in multimedia cartography have taken and for students and academics in the mapping sciences and related geographical fields wishing to update their knowledge about current issues related to cartographic design and production. It provides a new approach to cartography - one based on the exploitation of the many 'rich media' components and avant-garde approach that multimedia offers.

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Multimedia Cartography	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Visualizing geography	p. 2
Access to geographical information	p. 3
A Different map	p. 4
Multimedia as an information interface	p. 5
Visualizing Multimedia Cartography	p. 6
About this book	p. 9
Development of Multimedia	p. 11
Introduction	p. 11
In the beginning...	p. 12
Pre-electronic multimedia	p. 12
Microfiche	p. 13
Motion film and interactive cinema	p. 13
Video	p. 13
Videodisc	p. 15
Hypertext	p. 16
Hypermedia and Multimedia	p. 17
Hypermedia	p. 17
Multimedia	p. 18
Discrete Multimedia - CD-ROM et al.	p. 19
DVD	p. 20
Games machines	p. 21
Hypermaps	p. 22
Multimedia and maps	p. 23
Initial projects	p. 23
Videodiscs and Cartography	p. 24
Cartographic products on CD-ROM	p. 25
Games, maps and gameplay	p. 26
From packaged media to distributed media	p. 27
Conclusion	p. 29
The Internet and Multimedia Cartography	p. 35
Introduction	p. 35
Internet development	p. 35
Maps and the Internet	p. 37
Internet use and Internet map use	p. 37
Research in Internet Cartography	p. 42
Theory to support Internet Cartography	p. 42
Dimensions of internet map use	p. 42
Internet map delivery	p. 43
Internet multimedia mapping	p. 45
Internet mobile mapping	p. 47
Theoretical development	p. 47
Summary and suggestions	p. 48
Development of Multimedia - Mobile and Ubiquitous	p. 51
Introduction	p. 51
Elements of Cartographic LBS	p. 51
Positioning	p. 52
Modelling and Presentation of Information	p. 53
Users and Adaptation	p. 55
Infrastructure Developments: Towards ubiquitous environments	p. 56
National telecommunication infrastructure	p. 56
Electronic Paper	p. 57
Navigation Systems as possible applications of LBS	p. 58
Conclusion	p. 61
Elements of Multimedia Cartography	p. 63
Introduction	p. 63
The Meaning of Multimedia Cartography	p. 64
Maps, Lies and Abstraction	p. 64
Maps and Amusement	p. 65
The Paradigm of Multimedia Cartography	p. 65
Elements of the Multimedia Cartography Paradigm	p. 67
Inadequacy of the Paper Medium	p. 68
Problems Associated with Distributing Maps on Paper	p. 68
Problems in Map Use	p. 69
The Intrinsic Value of Multimedia	p. 69
The Moral Obligation of Cartographic Communication	p. 71
Conclusion	p. 71
Designing Suitable Cartographic Multimedia Presentations	p. 75
Introduction	p. 75
Media functions and media as artefact	p. 75
Functions of media in information perception	p. 76
Functions of media in knowledge generation	p. 77
Cognitive approach	p. 77
Approach of Erkenntnis theory	p. 79
Didactic approach	p. 80
Functions of media according to the purpose of communication	p. 81
Media as artefacts	p. 83
Conclusion	p. 85
Design of Multimedia Mapping Products	p. 89
Introduction	p. 89
Concepts of Map-Based Access	p. 90
Presentation and Structure Characteristics of the Multimedia Environment	p. 90
The Hypermedia Paradigm	p. 91
Components and Design of Multimedia Map-Based Products	p. 92
The Multimedia Map-Based Product GUI	p. 92
The Map as a Display and Product Control Construct	p. 93
Symbol Objects	p. 95
Marginalia - A Concept Extended	p. 98
The Multimedia Content-Set	p. 100
Object Links and Organisational Structures	p. 100
Conclusion	p. 101
Map Concepts in Multimedia Products	p. 105
Introduction	p. 105
General Map- and Atlas-related Concepts	p. 106
Conclusion	p. 114
Territorial Evolution of Canada - An Interactive Multimedia Cartographic Presentation	p. 117
Introduction	p. 117
Background of Product Development	p. 118
Example of an Interactive Multimedia Presentation	p. 119
Thematic Content	p. 120
Cartographic Design Issues	p. 121
Authoring Tools	p. 122
Graphical User Interface	p. 123
Operation	p. 124
Design Considerations	p. 124
The Internet Implementation	p. 125
Conclusions	p. 126
Wula Na Lnuwe'kati: A Digital Multimedia Atlas	p. 129
Introduction	p. 129
Target Audience	p. 129
Selection of Chapters	p. 130
Software	p. 131
Production of Base Maps	p. 131
Scanning	p. 131
Tracing	p. 131
Textures	p. 131
Compilation	p. 132
Media Choices	p. 132
Maps	p. 132
Typography	p. 134
Imagery	p. 134
Audio	p. 134
Video	p. 135
Atlas Interactivity	p. 135
Conclusions	p. 136
The Atlas of Canada - User Centred Development	p. 139
An Evolution in Mapping	p. 139
User Centred Development and Design	p. 141
The Value of the User Centred Design Process	p. 147
Case Studies	p. 148
Case Study 1 - Mapping User Interface Design	p. 148
Case Study 2 - Mapping User Interface Tools	p. 151
Case Study 3 - Integration of Topographic Maps in the Atlas of Canada	p. 154
Conclusion	p. 158
Atlas of Switzerland 2 A highly interactive thematic national atlas	p. 161
Introduction	p. 161
Brief history of the Atlas of Switzerland	p. 162
Basic concepts and other thoughts	p. 164
GIS in Multimedia	p. 164
Adaptive Map	p. 165
Graphical User Interface	p. 166
3D Thinking	p. 167
Organisation and implementation	p. 168
Project organisation	p. 169
Project setup and management	p. 169
Editorial workflow and prototyping	p. 170
Technical implementation	p. 171
The 2D world: maps are beautiful	p. 172
The adaptive map	p. 173
The atlas 'tool kit'	p. 173
Topics	p. 175
Switzerland in 3D	p. 176
Visualization and analysis	p. 176
Navigation	p. 178
Conclusions and outlook	p. 180
AIS-Austria - An Atlas Information System of Austria	p. 183
General Overview	p. 183
AIS-Austria Concept	p. 185
AIS-Austria Requirements	p. 186
AIS-Austria Functionality	p. 188
AIS-Austria System Structure	p. 191
Visualisation environment	p. 191
Geodatabase	p. 192
Spatial analysis	p. 193
System interpreter	p. 193
Conclusion and Outlook	p. 193
Toward a New Generation of Community Atlases - The Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica	p. 195
Introduction	p. 195
The Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica Project	p. 197
Atlas design: modularity and interoperability	p. 198
The atlas development framework	p. 202
The Atlas from the end user's perspective	p. 205
Discussion/conclusion: opening the atlas	p. 212
Acknowledgements	p. 213
The Employment of 3D in Cartography - An Overview	p. 217
Introduction	p. 217
Perceptive/Cognitive Aspects	p. 218
Technical Aspects	p. 221
User Interfaces	p. 222
Software-Based Aspects	p. 224
Communication Model Creation	p. 226
Conclusion	p. 226
Non-Photorealistic 3D Geovisualization	p. 229
Background and Motivation	p. 229
Photorealism and Its Limitations for Geovisualization	p. 229
Non-Photorealistic Computer Graphics	p. 231
Edge Enhancement	p. 232
Non-Photorealistic Illumination	p. 233
Non-Photorealistic Shading	p. 234
Non-Photorealistic Terrain Illustration	p. 235
Non-Photorealistic City Model Illustration	p. 236
Conclusions	p. 238
Real-Time Virtual Landscapes	p. 241
Potentials, Limitations, and Challenges	p. 241
3D Landscape Models	p. 242
Functionality of Real-Time Virtual Landscape Systems	p. 243
General System Architecture	p. 244
Building Blocks of Virtual Landscapes	p. 245
3D Building Modeling	p. 246
3D Vegetation Modeling	p. 247
3D Plant Modeling	p. 247
3D Vegetation Modeling	p. 247
Real-Time Landscape Rendering Techniques	p. 249
Navigating Through Virtual Landscapes	p. 249
Case Study: The Lost Italian Gardens	p. 251
Conclusions	p. 251
Digital Globes	p. 255
Introduction	p. 255
Categories of Digital Globes	p. 255
What makes Digital Globes superior?	p. 257
How suitable is a theme for a digital globe?	p. 259
Examples of Digital Globes	p. 260
Digital globe illustrations	p. 260
Virtual hyperglobes	p. 260
Tactile hyperglobes	p. 262
Hologlobes	p. 264
Conclusion	p. 265
Augmented Reality as a Medium for Cartography	p. 267
Introduction	p. 267
Augmented Reality technology	p. 269
Augmented reality visualization	p. 273
Case study: Augmented map system	p. 274
Mobile Augmented Reality	p. 276
Case Study: Signpost	p. 277
Conclusion	p. 279
Virtual Reality in Urban Planning and Design	p. 283
Introduction	p. 283
A User focus, not technology lead	p. 284
Town Planning in Australia	p. 284
Pressures for Change	p. 285
Towards a 3D Planning Scheme	p. 287
Modelling and Simulation: oh....and games	p. 288
RMIT approach to (ever) larger scale visualisations	p. 289
Scale and resolution : single precision arithmetic	p. 289
Performance & interactive use of data	p. 289
Configuration and management: scene complexity and data organisation	p. 290
Future-proofing?	p. 290
Parallel Developments	p. 291
Directions	p. 291
Conclusion	p. 293
Education and E-Learning with Virtual Landscapes	p. 295
Introduction	p. 295
Related Work	p. 296
Background on Constructionist Learning	p. 298
Interactivity and Interaction	p. 300
3D Representation	p. 301
The concept of virtual landscapes	p. 303
An example scenario for the virtual landscape	p. 304
Fundamentals for delivery and presentation of virtual Landscape	p. 306
The prototype of the virtual landscape	p. 307
Future developments	p. 310
Conclusion	p. 312
Cartography and the use of animation	p. 317
Introduction - Why cartographic animation?	p. 317
Spatial data and the type animations	p. 318
Cartographic animation environment and visualization strategies	p. 322
Conclusions	p. 325
Multimodal Analytical Visualisation of Spatio-Temporal Data	p. 327
Introduction	p. 327
Visualisation of Spatial Time-Series in Computer Cartography and Statistical Graphics	p. 329
Visualisation of Local Behaviours	p. 330
Combining Tools for Behaviour Exploration	p. 334
Getting the General Picture of the Behaviour on the Entire Territory	p. 334
Finding Spatial Patterns of Similar Local Behaviours	p. 337
Detecting Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Similar Changes	p. 341
Discussion and Conclusions	p. 343
Games and Geography	p. 347
Introduction	p. 347
What is a game?	p. 347
Defining Games and Game-Style Interaction	p. 347
Cultural Geography Place and Games	p. 350
Games Involving Geography	p. 351
Strategy-based Games	p. 351
Fact-based Memory Games	p. 351
Explorative Games	p. 352
Affordance and Constraint-based Games	p. 352
Place-Fed games	p. 352
World Building games	p. 353
Game Issues	p. 353
Games and Learning	p. 353
Navigation Issues in Games and Digital Environments	p. 354
Evaluation Issues	p. 354
Conclusion	p. 355
Virtual Queenscliff: A Computer Game Approach for Depicting Geography	p. 359
Introduction	p. 359
Background to the Emergence of a Game Approach	p. 360
The Prototype - Virtual Queenscliff	p. 361
Site Location	p. 362
Choice of game engine	p. 363
CryEngine Sandbox	p. 364
Workflow	p. 364
The Visualization Environment	p. 366
Conclusion	p. 367
Maps and LBS - Supporting wayfinding by cartographic means	p. 369
Introduction	p. 369
Analysis of route descriptions and sketches	p. 370
Wayfinding test: How much detail is necessary to support wayfinding	p. 371
General design goals of route descriptions	p. 373
Presentation forms	p. 374
Maps	p. 374
Verbal Information	p. 375
Images	p. 376
Videos	p. 376
3D Presentation Forms	p. 376
Landmarks	p. 377
Conclusion	p. 379
Adaptation in mobile and ubiquitous cartography	p. 383
Introduction	p. 383
Challenges of mobile and ubiquitous cartography	p. 383
A comparison of stationary, mobile, and ubiquitous map usage	p. 383
Application scenarios of mobile map usage	p. 384
General requirements for mobile maps	p. 385
Mobile Internet and mobile map services	p. 386
Web services	p. 386
OGC Web services: Web Map Server and Web Feature Server	p. 386
Functionality of mobile map services	p. 386
Mobile geographic information usage context	p. 388
Dimensions of mobile map usage context	p. 388
Relationships between context dimensions	p. 389
Influence of context factors on mobile map services	p. 390
Adaptation of geographic information	p. 391
Adaptation principle and adaptation process	p. 391
Adaptable objects in mobile map services	p. 392
Adaptation methodology and implementation concepts	p. 393
Adaptation of geographic information in mobile map services	p. 394
Adaptation methods in mobile map services	p. 394
Configuration of map components	p. 395
Emphasising highly relevant POI symbols	p. 395
Conclusion and outlook	p. 396
A Real-World implementation of Multimedia Cartography in LBS: The Whereis Mobile Application Suite	p. 399
Introduction	p. 399
Location	p. 399
Webraska Mobile Technologies	p. 400
SmartZone Application Concept	p. 401
SmartZone Applications in Australia	p. 403
Sensis Wireless Platform (SWP)	p. 404
SWP for 3G	p. 407
Conclusion	p. 414
Standards, Norms and Open Source for Cartographic Multimedia Applications	p. 415
Introduction	p. 415
Intention and benefits of standards in multimedia map creation	p. 416
Data, information and multimedia	p. 416
Standardisation in authoring environment	p. 418
The definition of an objective and its influence on using standards	p. 420
Organisations and standardisation	p. 422
Selection of standardised formats	p. 423
Conclusion and vision	p. 425
Scalable Vector Graphics and Web Map Publishing	p. 427
Introduction	p. 427
Open Standards	p. 428
Using Scalable Vector Graphics to publish Web Maps	p. 429
Case Study: Developing school SVG-Based school atlases	p. 433
Interface Design - Template 4	p. 434
Template four - code and interaction	p. 435
Final Product	p. 438
Conclusion	p. 440
Cartographic Approaches to Web Mapping Services	p. 441
Introduction	p. 441
Web Map Services	p. 445
Web Map Design	p. 447
Thematic Information	p. 449
Cartographic Network	p. 451
Conclusions	p. 452
From Mapping Physical and Human Geographies to Mapping 'Personal Geographies': Privacy and Security Issues	p. 455
Introduction	p. 455
The Internet and information access	p. 456
Mapping Personal Geographies	p. 456
Privacy	p. 457
Going on-line with the Internet	p. 458
Going wireless	p. 459
Wireless and location	p. 460
Business interest in LBS	p. 461
Privacy concerns	p. 462
Security and privacy initiatives	p. 463
Problems with developing technology	p. 465
Privacy issues	p. 467
Conclusion	p. 468
Location and Access: Issues Enabling Accessibility of Information	p. 471
Introduction	p. 471
Accessibility	p. 472
The basics of accessibility	p. 473
Alternative content creation	p. 477
Location specific information	p. 478
Location identification	p. 478
Location based accessibility	p. 479
Location/time based accessibility	p. 480
Language accessibility	p. 480
Common language descriptions	p. 481
User profiles	p. 482
Content descriptions	p. 483
Intelligent servers	p. 484
Conclusion and overall emerging possibilities	p. 484
Use and Users of Multimedia Cartography	p. 487
Introduction	p. 487
Setting the scene	p. 489
Use and users	p. 489
A shift in focus	p. 489
The nature of use and user research	p. 490
Understanding and designing for the user	p. 491
Iterative design and evaluation	p. 492
Research techniques	p. 493
Case study: a user-centred design approach for mobile tourism applications	p. 496
Mobile usage environments	p. 497
Investigation techniques	p. 498
Conclusion	p. 501
Future Directions for Multimedia Cartography	p. 505
Introduction	p. 505
Multimedia and Cartography: New Opportunities	p. 506
The Nature and Quality of the Content of Multimedia Data	p. 508
The Centrality of the User	p. 510
Education, Entertainment and Edutainment	p. 512
Commercial Aspects of Multimedia Cartography in the Experience Economy	p. 513
Full Involvement of the Senses	p. 515
Preserving Multimedia Cartography	p. 517
Conclusion	p. 519
Postscript to Multimedia Cartography Edition 2	p. 523
Introduction	p. 523
The Book	p. 524
Acceptance of new technologies	p. 529
Conclusion	p. 530
Index	p. 531
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