We are now living in a mobile information era, which is fundamentally changing science and
society. Location Based Services (LBS), which deliver information depending on the location …

An accurate and reliable Indoor Positioning System (IPS) applicable to most indoor
scenarios has been sought for many years. The number of technologies, techniques, and …

Social media enjoy a phenomenal success in terms of adoption and usage levels. They
cause paradigm shifts on how people connect and communicate with each other, on how …

This article provides a review of the current state of science regarding cartographic
interaction, a complement to the traditional focus within cartography on cartographic …

The collection, visualization, and analysis of movement data is at the forefront of geographic
information science research. Movement data are generally collected by recording an …

We investigated the effects of different modes of information provision on spatial knowledge
acquisition in a large-scale environmental setting by comparing two groups of participants; …

The enhancement of GPS technology enables the use of GPS devices not only as
navigation and orientation tools, but also as instruments used to capture travelled routes: as …

In this third report, I focus on cognitive cartography in order to examine how the historical
division between empiricist and critical approaches in cartography has shifted recently. I do …

This article reviews a selected set of location–based services (LBS) that have been
published in the research literature, focussing on mobile guides, transport support, gaming …

Technologies of 3G and beyond open up new opportunities to develop and commercialize
context-aware services that utilize information like user location and social context. Although …