19.7 Conclusion
Augmented reality promises to merge the interactive nature of computer generated user interfaces with real objects and environments that create the every-day experience of users. New forms of cartography already build on the flexible access to online data and adaptive presentation of geographic information. These recent innovations combine well with interactive augmentations enabled by AR.
Stationary workplace systems can improve the users’ performance because of the natural interactions they afford. The shared space between users is reused as output channel for digital and dynamic information, thereby naturally enhancing collaboration by providing the relevant information in place rather than in the confining context of traditional monitors.
With the advent of powerful hand-held devices, applications of AR are becoming mobile and ubiquitous. Contrary to stationary systems the workplace now becomes a large-scale environment. Moreover, information need not be abstracted completely from its location anymore, because users can perceive and manipulate it directly within its original setting.
We believe that these features of AR closely match potential future applications of cartography and therefore invite researches to take it into consideration. While the past research focused on the technological underpinnings of AR, future directions must come to a better understanding of efficient and practical methods to displaying spatial information. Therefore methods for AR could draw as well from the knowledge and experience of cartographers.
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Schmalstieg, D., Reitmayr, G. (2007). Augmented Reality as a Medium for Cartography. In: Cartwright, W., Peterson, M.P., Gartner, G. (eds) Multimedia Cartography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36651-5_19
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