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Of maps and guidebooks
2002
Proceedings of the conference on Designing interactive systems processes, practices, methods, and techniques - DIS '02
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Researchers and designers are increasingly making use of geographic location in designing context-aware computer systems. However, there has been little conceptual work on how geography interacts with technology. In this paper, we use the concepts of "place and space" to explore how technologies are used geographically and how they impact on, and are used in, the physical environment. Fieldwork with tourists using maps and guide books shows how technology brings space and place together in
doi:10.1145/778745.778747
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