2013
DOI: 10.3138/carto.48.2.1842
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Smartphone-Based School Atlases?

Abstract: The use of the newest mobile devices, especially by young people and children, is constantly growing in many countries. The youngest generations consider the use of smartphones and tablets as a ''natural tool'' to help them in their daily activities. The wider use of these devices is determined by the increasing presence of location-based services and Web 2.0-based applications. Most map-based applications developed for smartphones are location-based services intended to help the users orient themselves or see… Show more

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“…A study on the efficacy of using school atlases on smartphones noted challenges pertaining to thematic maps, because the spatial relation between the represented areas or phenomena can become harder to appreciate simultaneously due to the small screen size. In addition, other methods of thematic representation (e.g., charts) are not easy to read on maps viewed in these displays [47]. Due to the changes in functionality and challenges of interpretation with a smaller screen size, it is recommended that the atlas story maps be used on a screen size no smaller than a diagonal measurement of 9.7 inches (24.6 cm).…”
Section: Organization Of the Atlas Story Mapsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A study on the efficacy of using school atlases on smartphones noted challenges pertaining to thematic maps, because the spatial relation between the represented areas or phenomena can become harder to appreciate simultaneously due to the small screen size. In addition, other methods of thematic representation (e.g., charts) are not easy to read on maps viewed in these displays [47]. Due to the changes in functionality and challenges of interpretation with a smaller screen size, it is recommended that the atlas story maps be used on a screen size no smaller than a diagonal measurement of 9.7 inches (24.6 cm).…”
Section: Organization Of the Atlas Story Mapsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While the first digital atlases were characterized by hardware and software limitations, they did offer a glimpse into what was to come -for example, the digital Atlas of Switzerland, which defined a standard for national atlases when its first interactive version was published in 2000 (Hurni, Bär, & Sieber, 1999). While the Atlas of Switzerland was distributed on CD-ROM, recent atlases use the Internet (da Silva Ramos & Cartwright, 2006;Peterson, 2003), or even smartphones (Nuñez, 2013) as a distribution medium.…”
Section: Tablet Computers: a New Medium For Atlasesmentioning
confidence: 99%