Geography Reference
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Table 1 User/usability studies in the Web-mapping/mobile mapping domain identified from a
review of academic literature and Internet search including assessment of criteria 1-5 (see above)
User study
1
2
3
4
5
Sources
Google Maps vs. MapQuest
Murphy et al. (
2005
)
✓✓✓✓✓
Comparative evaluation of 4 major
Web-mapping sites
Nivala (
2005
)
✓✓✓✓✓
Usability evaluation of 8 comm.
Web-mapping sites
✓✓✓✓✓
Skarlatidou (
2005
)
Usability Google Maps and Czech Web
maps
~
~
~
Vold´n(
2010
)
✓
✓
Czech Regional Authorities Web maps
~~~
Komarkova
et al. (
2007
)
✓
Maps on official tourism destination Web
sites
Richmond and Keller
(
2003
)
✓✓✓✓✓
Effectiveness of Interactive Map Interface
Designs
✓✓✓✓✓
Coltekin et al. (
2009
)
¨
ROK Atlas online
~
✓✓
~
✓
Pucher (
2008
)
Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica
~
Pulsifier et al. (
2005
)
✓✓✓
✓
Pennsylvania Cancer Atlas
~
Bhowmick
et al. (
2008
)
✓✓✓
✓
The Atlas of Canada
Kramers (
2007
)
✓✓✓✓✓
Common GIS usability evaluation
✓✓✓✓✓
Andrienko
et al. (
2002
)
Eval. of virtual globes & GIS-based Web
services
✓✓✓
~
~
Vilaca (
2008
)
Usability of the Lakeshore Nature Pre-
serve Interactive Map
Roth and Harrower
(
2008
)
✓✓✓✓✓
Natural Hazard Information System for
Switzerland
Heil (
2009
)
✓✓✓✓✓
Cultural History Information System
Schobesberger (
2010
)
✓✓✓✓✓
Touristic Information System for
ski-touring
✓✓✓✓✓
Pucher and
Schobesberger (
2011
)
Water Isotope Information System
Schobesberger
(
2012b
)
✓✓✓✓✓
Field-based methodology for eval. of
mobile applications
van Elzakker
et al. (
2008
)
✓✓✓✓✓
Comparison of methods for field-based
evaluation of mobile devices
Burghardt and Wirth
(
2011
)
✓✓✓✓✓
Prototype Mobile Navigation Interface for
pedestrians
✓✓✓✓✓
Delikostidis and van
Elzakker (
2011
)
Australian mobile LBS
✓✓✓✓✓
Wealands et al. (
2005
)
Topographic maps on mobile devices
~
Nivala et al. (
2003
)
✓✓✓✓
Usability eval. of mobile navigation and LBS
Chincholle
et al. (
2002
)
✓✓✓✓✓
Map-based multi-publishing service
~
Flink et al. (
2011
)
✓✓✓
✓
Zooming and panning animations in Web
maps
✓✓✓✓✓
Midtho and Nordvik
(
2007
)
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