Cross-media mapping: using optical to link paper maps to digital information

Dickmann, Frank

doi:10.1179/1743277413Y.0000000048

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Cross-media mapping : using optical to link paper maps to digital information

The linking of printed material to digital forms of interaction, which is currently increasingly being done through the implementation of image recognition software, for example on smartphones, opens new perspectives for the use of maps. The cartographic integration of QR codes (Quick Response codes) has turned out to be particularly advantageous for digital information transfer due to the easy creation of QR codes, the broad use of the readers, and the map users’ familiarity with QR codes. The example of an edited university site plan shows how paper maps can be thematically enriched by means of QR codes.

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Published in:: The cartographic journal
Vol. 52, No. 1 (2013), p. 20-27
Volume:: 52
No.:: 1
Publication date:: 2013
URN:: urn:nbn:de:0307-20250207-001-5
DOI:: 10.1179/1743277413Y.0000000048
Language:: English
Type of Resource:: Text
Extent:: 1 Online-Ressource (14 Seiten, 920,24 kB) : 12 Illustrationen, 1 Textdatei (PDF)
Keywords:: cross-media maps; QR-Code^GND; mobile tagging; thematic mapping; Smartphone^GND; map use; crossmediale Karten; mobiles Tagging; thematische Kartierung; Kartennutzung
DDC subject of DNB:: 520 Astronomy & allied sciences
BC Systematics:: E.5.c Data Collection for Thematic Maps
BC Systematics:: F.3.a Computer-Assisted Map Techniques / General Topics
BC Systematics:: N.1 Use of Maps / General Topics, Accessories for Map Use
BC Systematics:: L.z Film and Computer Screen Maps
Link to Context:: https://doi.org/10.1179/1743277413Y.0000000048
Hosting institution:: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Statement of responsibility:: Frank Dickmann
Bibliographic notes:: Postprint
Publications:: The published version (first publication) of this article: Dickmann, F. (2013). Cross-Media Mapping – Using Optical Codes to Link Paper Maps to Digital Information. The Cartographic Journal, 52(1), 20–27. https://doi.org/10.1179/1743277413Y.0000000048 (published online: 05 Dec 2013)