Ubiquitous Mapping: Perspectives from Japan [Hardcover]

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 humansocial 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.

- On the Establishment of Theoretical Cartography and Meta-cartography and the Subsequent Development of Ubiquitous Mapping.- Ubiquitous Digital Storytelling with Local and Dynamic Georeferencing of Analog Maps.- Developing and Evaluating Virtual HeiankyM AR.- Role of Maps and Public Street Signs in Wayfinding Behavior by Foreign Visitors.- Use of Smartphones as Navigation Aids and Acquisition of Spatial Knowledge.- Intergenerational Differences in the Use of Maps: Results from an online survey.- Development Process of OpenStreetMap Data in Japan.- Stigmatization on the Web: Ethical consideration of geospatial stigmatiza-tion via online mapping.- How Have Tactile Maps for the Visually Impaired Been Situated in Japan?: From the analysis of newspaper articles.- Mapping Isolation: Distribution of Isolated Foreign Women Living in Rural Japan.

 

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 Cl&