• 1. Solutions for LBS maps
  • 1.1. Portrayal of Geographic Information
    • 1.1.1. What is Portrayal?
  • 1.2. Selecting detail
    • 1.2.1. Level of detail
    • 1.2.2. Progressive Vector Transmission
    • 1.2.3. Cluster and Expand
  • 1.3. Varying scale
  • 1.4. Schematisation
  • 1.5. Changing Media
  • 1.6. Summary
  • 1.7. Glossary
  • 1.8. Bibliography
  • 1.9. Metadata

1.2. Selecting detail

Learning Objectives

You will be able to ...

• describe the physical constraints on mobile devices and how they effect the rate at which a map can be rendered
• describe the steps involved for progressive vector transmission
• describe the steps involved in grouping of points of interest, using cluster and expand techniques.

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