Developing a context-aware electronic tourist guide: some issues and experiences
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Halo: a technique for visualizing off-screen objects
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Visualizing the results of interactive queries for geographic data on mobile devices
Proceedings of the 13th annual ACM international workshop on Geographic information systems
MPTrain: a mobile, music and physiology-based personal trainer
Proceedings of the 8th conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Proceedings of the 8th conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Georeferencing in the field using constellations of similar you-are-here maps
BCS-HCI '13 Proceedings of the 27th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference
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Tourism has been a key driver for mobile applications. This short paper presents the design and initial evaluation of a mobile phone based visualisation to support skiers. Paper piste maps often prove difficult for skiers and provide no natural way of assessing the mountain conditions while on the slope. They are physically large and difficult to manipulate in wind, they provide no information on which runs are currently open, no indication of which runs the user may find most enjoyable, and no information about the snow and weather conditions on each run. All this information is available at resorts, usually on notice boards or screens at central meeting points. The visualisation and personalisation approaches presented here combine this information and a map overview on a mobile phone screen. Initial trials showed significantly better performance for some tasks on the mobile condition (both in terms of accuracy and time), with no clear result for other tasks.