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Ubiquitous Mapping

Perspectives from Japan

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Editors:
  1. Yoshiki Wakabayashi

    1. Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan

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  2. Takashi Morita

    1. Laboratory of Regional Design with Ecology, Hosei University, Chiyoda, Japan

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  • Provides a comprehensive explanation of ubiquitous mapping
  • Presents numerous examples to help readers understand the topic
  • Discusses the theoretical and practical issues of ubiquitous mapping

Part of the book series: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences (AGES)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. On the Establishment of Theoretical Cartography and Meta-cartography and the Subsequent Development of Ubiquitous Mapping

    • Takashi Morita
    Pages 1-15

  3. Technological Issues and Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Ubiquitous Digital Storytelling with Local and Dynamic Georeferencing of Analog Maps

      • Masatoshi Arikawa, Min Lu
      Pages 19-38

    3. Developing and Evaluating Virtual Heiankyō AR

      • Keiji Yano, Satoshi Imamura, Dai Kawahara, Yousuke Shimomura, Osamu Furukawa
      Pages 39-64

    4. Role of Maps and Public Street Signs in Wayfinding Behavior by Foreign Visitors

      • Bochra Bettaieb, Yoshiki Wakabayashi
      Pages 65-75
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About this book

Since the last decades of the twentieth century, the circumstances surrounding map use and map making have drastically changed owing to advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs). In particular, the spread of web maps and mobile devices have altered the way people interact with maps. This book features the latest works on theoretical and practical issues of these changes by terming them “ubiquitous mapping”. In particular, the book pays attention to not only the technological basis but also multidisciplinary human–social aspects. The book covers the topics of the evaluation of ICT-based technologies for context-aware mapping, the theory and application of crowd-sourced geospatial information and collaborative mapping, and both the positive and negative effects of ubiquitous mapping on human society.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan

    Yoshiki Wakabayashi

  • Laboratory of Regional Design with Ecology, Hosei University, Chiyoda, Japan

    Takashi Morita

About the editors

Dr. Yoshiki Wakabayashi graduated from Hiroshima University and received a Ph.D. from Tokyo Metropolitan University. He is currently a professor of the Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University. He was a visiting researcher at the City University of New York (USA) in 1999, Leicester University (UK) in 2016, and Maynooth University (Ireland) in 2016. He has served as the chair of the Committee on Ubiquitous Mapping, International Cartographic Association since 2019. His research interests include cognitive mapping, cartographic communication, and geographic information science. He has participated in several research projects related to the theoretical and practical issues of digital cartography and spatial cognition collaborating with scholars in interdisciplinary fields including psychology and information science.


Dr. Takashi Morita is the president of the Japan Cartographers Association and a professor emeritus of Hosei University in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the School of Science and Engineering of Waseda University. He received his Ph.D. from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France, in the field of the Science of Information and Communication. He was the vice-president of the International Cartographic Association (1999–2003) and the chair of the ICA Commission on Ubiquitous Mapping (2003–2011). Previously, he was a member of other ICA commissions related to theoretical fields in cartography (1987–2003). His research interests include cartographic methods for the Sustainable Development Goals, meta-cartography, spatial modeling, map language, and representation of info-graphics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ubiquitous Mapping

  • Book Subtitle: Perspectives from Japan

  • Editors: Yoshiki Wakabayashi, Takashi Morita

  • Series Title: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1536-9

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-1535-2Published: 25 July 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-1538-3Published: 25 July 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-1536-9Published: 24 July 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2198-3542

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-3550

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 170

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 64 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geography, general, Science and Technology Studies

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