title: A Map-Based Service Supporting Different Types of Geographic Knowledge for the Public.
abstract: The internet enables the rapid and easy creation, storage, and transfer of knowledge; however, services that transfer geographic knowledge and facilitate the public understanding of geographic knowledge are still underdeveloped to date. Existing online maps (or atlases) can support limited types of geographic knowledge. In this study, we propose a framework for map-based services to represent and transfer different types of geographic knowledge to the public. A map-based service provides tools to ensure the effective transfer of geographic knowledge. We discuss the types of geographic knowledge that should be represented and transferred to the public, and we propose guidelines and a method to represent various types of knowledge through a map-based service. To facilitate the effective transfer of geographic knowledge, tools such as auxiliary background knowledge and auxiliary map-reading tools are provided through interactions with maps. An experiment conducted to illustrate our idea and to evaluate the usefulness of the map-based service is described; the results demonstrate that the map-based service is useful for transferring different types of geographic knowledge.
authors.affiliation: School of Resource and Environment Sciences, Wuhan University, 129 LuoYu Road, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Mengjie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: School of Resource and Environment Sciences, Wuhan University, 129 LuoYu Road, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Resource and Environment Sciences, Wuhan University, 129 LuoYu Road, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.|Key Laboratory of Geographic Information System, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China.|Key Laboratory of Digital Mapping and Land information Application Engineering, National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: School of Resource and Environment Sciences, Wuhan University, 129 LuoYu Road, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: School of Resource and Environment Sciences, Wuhan University, 129 LuoYu Road, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shumin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mai
mesh_terms: D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D019359:Knowledge; D008377:Maps as Topic