Open Mobile Map

The movie shows in a nutshell what was accomplished during the MobiMaps project

UC Berkeley and Nokia researchers used GPS-enabled cell phones to test a technology that could soon transform the way drivers navigate through traffic. In the unprecedented Cal-trans funded field experiment, transportation researchers used GPS-enabled mobile phones to monitor real-time traffic flow while preserving the privacy of the phones’ users.

Map Navigation with Mobile Devices: Virtual versus Physical Movement with and without Visual Context Map navigation on mobile devices is an area of growing importance. However, navigating in large-scale maps on small displays is difficult. In traditional scrolling and panning interfaces with joystick or touch screen input the virtual map moves and the device stays static. In dynamic peephole interfaces the physical device moves and the virtual map is spatially fixed with respect to the …