Ebook: Digital Cities: Technologies, Experiences, and Future Perspectives

On the way towards the Information Society, global networks such as the Internet, together with mobile computing, have made wide-area computing over virtual communities a reality. Digital city projects, with the goal of building platforms to support community networking, are going on worldwide.
This is the first book devoted to digital cities. It is based on an international symposium held in Kyoto, Japan, in September 1999. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in the book; they reflect the state of the art in this exciting new field of interdisciplinary research and development. The book is divided into parts on design and analysis, digital city experiments, community network experiments, applications, visualization technologies, mobile technologies, and social interaction and communityware.

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On the way towards the Information Society, global networks such as the Internet, together with mobile computing, have made wide-area computing over virtual communities a reality. Digital city projects, with the goal of building platforms to support community networking, are going on worldwide.
This is the first book devoted to digital cities. It is based on an international symposium held in Kyoto, Japan, in September 1999. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in the book; they reflect the state of the art in this exciting new field of interdisciplinary research and development. The book is divided into parts on design and analysis, digital city experiments, community network experiments, applications, visualization technologies, mobile technologies, and social interaction and communityware.

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On the way towards the Information Society, global networks such as the Internet, together with mobile computing, have made wide-area computing over virtual communities a reality. Digital city projects, with the goal of building platforms to support community networking, are going on worldwide.
This is the first book devoted to digital cities. It is based on an international symposium held in Kyoto, Japan, in September 1999. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in the book; they reflect the state of the art in this exciting new field of interdisciplinary research and development. The book is divided into parts on design and analysis, digital city experiments, community network experiments, applications, visualization technologies, mobile technologies, and social interaction and communityware.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Designing the Digital City....Pages 1-6
Understanding Digital Cities....Pages 7-17
Digital Cities: Organization, Content, and Use....Pages 18-32
Digital City or Urban Simulator?....Pages 33-44
Next Generation Community Networking: Futures for Digital Cities....Pages 45-57
Experiences of European Digital Cities....Pages 58-72
The Information Society in the City of Antwerp....Pages 73-82
Helsinki Arena 2000 - Augmenting a Real City to a Virtual One....Pages 83-96
The Geographic Information System (GIS) of Turin Municipality....Pages 97-109
Digital City Bristol: A Case Study....Pages 110-124
Digital City Shanghai: Towards Integrated Information & Service Environment....Pages 125-139
Experiments in the Digital ‘Engineering City Oulu’....Pages 140-150
Reconfiguring Community Networks: The Case of PrairieKNOW....Pages 151-164
The Mutual Development of Role, Rule, and Tool Through the VCOM Project....Pages 165-178
Davis Community Network (DCN): A Regional Community Networking Initiative in North-Central California....Pages 179-193
Examining Community in the Digital Neighborhood: Early Results from Canada’s Wired Suburb....Pages 194-208
On-line Forums as an Arena for Political Discussions....Pages 209-223
Towards the Integration of Physical and Virtual Worlds for Supporting Group Learning....Pages 224-235
Digital City for Disaster Reduction....Pages 236-245
The Digital City’s Public Library: Support for Community Building and Knowledge Sharing....Pages 246-260
Agent Community with Social Interactions for Worker and Job Hunting....Pages 261-274
The Motion Generation of Pedestrians as Avatars and Crowds of People....Pages 275-287
Image-Based Pseudo-3D Visualization of Real Space on WWW....Pages 288-302
Dynamic Zone Retrieval and Landmark Computation for Spatial Data....Pages 303-313
Environment for Spatial Information Sharing....Pages 314-325
Image Maps: Exploring Urban History through Digital Photography....Pages 326-337
Navigation Support in a Real City Using City Metaphors....Pages 338-349
Public Applications of SpaceTag and Their Impacts....Pages 350-363
Location Oriented Integration of Internet Information - Mobile Info Search -....Pages 364-377
Fairy in a Smart IC Card: Interfacing People, Town, and Digital City....Pages 378-390
A Warm Cyber-Welcome: Using an Agent-Led Group Tour to Introduce Visitors to Kyoto....Pages 391-400
Extending the Services and the Accessibility of Community Networks....Pages 401-415
Creative Contents Community....Pages 416-426
Public Opinion Channel: A Challenge for Interactive Community Broadcasting....Pages 427-441
Back Matter....Pages 443-444

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On the way towards the Information Society, global networks such as the Internet, together with mobile computing, have made wide-area computing over virtual communities a reality. Digital city projects, with the goal of building platforms to support community networking, are going on worldwide.
This is the first book devoted to digital cities. It is based on an international symposium held in Kyoto, Japan, in September 1999. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in the book; they reflect the state of the art in this exciting new field of interdisciplinary research and development. The book is divided into parts on design and analysis, digital city experiments, community network experiments, applications, visualization technologies, mobile technologies, and social interaction and communityware.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Designing the Digital City....Pages 1-6
Understanding Digital Cities....Pages 7-17
Digital Cities: Organization, Content, and Use....Pages 18-32
Digital City or Urban Simulator?....Pages 33-44
Next Generation Community Networking: Futures for Digital Cities....Pages 45-57
Experiences of European Digital Cities....Pages 58-72
The Information Society in the City of Antwerp....Pages 73-82
Helsinki Arena 2000 - Augmenting a Real City to a Virtual One....Pages 83-96
The Geographic Information System (GIS) of Turin Municipality....Pages 97-109
Digital City Bristol: A Case Study....Pages 110-124
Digital City Shanghai: Towards Integrated Information & Service Environment....Pages 125-139
Experiments in the Digital ‘Engineering City Oulu’....Pages 140-150
Reconfiguring Community Networks: The Case of PrairieKNOW....Pages 151-164
The Mutual Development of Role, Rule, and Tool Through the VCOM Project....Pages 165-178
Davis Community Network (DCN): A Regional Community Networking Initiative in North-Central California....Pages 179-193
Examining Community in the Digital Neighborhood: Early Results from Canada’s Wired Suburb....Pages 194-208
On-line Forums as an Arena for Political Discussions....Pages 209-223
Towards the Integration of Physical and Virtual Worlds for Supporting Group Learning....Pages 224-235
Digital City for Disaster Reduction....Pages 236-245
The Digital City’s Public Library: Support for Community Building and Knowledge Sharing....Pages 246-260
Agent Community with Social Interactions for Worker and Job Hunting....Pages 261-274
The Motion Generation of Pedestrians as Avatars and Crowds of People....Pages 275-287
Image-Based Pseudo-3D Visualization of Real Space on WWW....Pages 288-302
Dynamic Zone Retrieval and Landmark Computation for Spatial Data....Pages 303-313
Environment for Spatial Information Sharing....Pages 314-325
Image Maps: Exploring Urban History through Digital Photography....Pages 326-337
Navigation Support in a Real City Using City Metaphors....Pages 338-349
Public Applications of SpaceTag and Their Impacts....Pages 350-363
Location Oriented Integration of Internet Information - Mobile Info Search -....Pages 364-377
Fairy in a Smart IC Card: Interfacing People, Town, and Digital City....Pages 378-390
A Warm Cyber-Welcome: Using an Agent-Led Group Tour to Introduce Visitors to Kyoto....Pages 391-400
Extending the Services and the Accessibility of Community Networks....Pages 401-415
Creative Contents Community....Pages 416-426
Public Opinion Channel: A Challenge for Interactive Community Broadcasting....Pages 427-441
Back Matter....Pages 443-444
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