Abstract
A prototypical example of the operational dimensions of visual information communication is the use of schematic maps for visual navigation. The implementation of maps on location-sensitive or handheld devices has changed the preliminaries of common mapping techniques. By an analysis of selected examples, both historic and current, we want to open up the space for innovative map design options. Our approach blends art history and computer science, and is based on a systematic, operational perspective. It may be unexpected, though, that it starts from the way that graphic design supports imaginative navigation on the map, rather than considering its utility for navigation in the physical space directly.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
James R. Akerman. Cartographies of travel and navigation. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago u.a., 2006.
Patrick Baudisch and Ruth Rosenholtz. Halo: A technique for visualizing off-screen locations. Proc.CHI 03, pages 81–488, 2003.
Gabriele Brandstetter. Figur und Inversion. Kartographie als Dispositiv von Bewegung, pages 223–245. de figura. Fink, Paderborn, 2002.
Joachim B¨ottger, Ulrik Brandes, Oliver Deussen, and Hendrik Ziezold. Map warping for the annotation of metro maps. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 28(5):56–65, 2008.
Stefano Burigat and Luca Chittaro. Geographical data visualization on mobile devices for user’s navigation and decision support activities. Spatial Data on the Web–Modelling and Management, page 261–284, 2007.
Tony Campbell. The earliest printed maps 1472-1500. British Library, London, 1987.
Michel de Certeau. L’invention du quotidien. Arts de faire. Union Generale d’Editions, Paris,1980
Ken Garland. Mr Beck’s Underground Map. Capital Transport Publishing, 38 Long Elmes, Harrow Eeald, Middlesex, 1994.
Alfred Gell. How to read a map: Remarks on the practical logic of navigation. Man. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 20:271–286, 1985.
A. Goedvolk. De nieuwe relatieve afstand voor het openbaar vervoer. De nieuwe geografenkrant, 1988(10):6–7, 1988.
J. Brian Harley. Deconstructing the map. Cartographica, 26.2:1–20, 1989.
Lars Harrie, L. Tiina Sarjakoski, and Lassi Lehto. A variable-scale map for small-display cartography. Proc. Symposium on GeoSpatial Theory, Processing, and Applications, pages 8–12, 2002.
T. Alan Keahey and Edward L. Robertson. Techniques for non-linear magnification transformations. In Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization, pages 38–45, San Francisco, CA, USA, October 1996.
Alexander Klippel, Kai-Florian Richter, Thomas Barkowsky, and Christian Freska. The cognitive reality of schematic maps. In Liqiu Meng, Alexander Zipf, and Tumasch Reichenbacher, editors, Map-based Mobile Services -Theories, Methods and Implementations, pages 57–74, Berlin, 2005. Springer.
Herbert Kr¨uger. Oberdeutsche Meilenscheiben des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts als strassengeschichtliche Quellen, I. Teil. Jahrbuch f¨ur fr¨ankische Landesforschung, 23:171–195, 1963.
Herbert Kr¨uger. Oberdeutsche Meilenscheiben des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts als strassengeschichtliche Quellen, II. Teil. Jahrbuch f¨ur fr¨ankische Landesforschung, 24:167–206, 1964.
Sybille Kr¨amer. Medium, Bote, Ubertragung kleine Metaphysik der Medialit¨at. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt/M, 2008.
Alan M. MacEachren. How maps work. representation, visualization, and design. The Guilford Press, New York u.a., 2004.
Peter H. Meurer. Cartography in the German Lands, 1450 -1650, volume 3.2 of Cartography in the European Renaissance, pages 1172–1245. Chicago; London, 2007.
Derek F. Reilly and Kori M. Inkpen. White rooms and morphing don’t mix: setting and the evaluation of visualization techniques. Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, pages 111–120, 2007.
Franz Schiermeier. Stadtatlas N¨urnberg Karten und Modelle der Stadt N¨urnberg von 1492 bis heute. Schiermeier, M¨unchen, 2006.
Edward R. Tufte. Visual explanations images and quantities, evidence and narrative. Graphics Press, Cheshire, Conn., 1997.
Marco Vencani. Rom als multiple Figur. Zur Geschichte einer umkaempften Stadtwahrnehmung (12. -14. Jh.). In Gottfried Boehm, Gabriele Brandstetter, and Achatz von M¨uller, editors, Figur und Figuration. Studien zu Wahrnehmung und Wissen, pages 357–370, Paderborn, 2007.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by Volkswagen Foundation under grant II/81425 (project “Visual Navigation”). We would like to thank Christian Ehinger, Gesa Henselmans, Albert K¨ummel-Schnur, Ilka Ludwig, Felix Th¨urlemann, and Julia Zons for helpful comments and suggestions.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2009 Springer-Verlag US
About this paper
Cite this paper
Bogen, S., Brandes, U., Ziezold, H. (2009). Visual Navigation with Schematic Maps. In: Huang, M., Nguyen, Q., Zhang, K. (eds) Visual Information Communication. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0312-9_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0312-9_4
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-0311-2
Online ISBN: 978-1-4419-0312-9
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)