Ahlqvist O., Schlieder Ch. (eds.) Geogames and Geoplay: Game-based Approaches to the Analysis of Geo-Information

9783319227740.This book brings together contributions from researchers, GIS professionals and game designers to provide a first overview of this highly interdisciplinary field. Its scope ranges from fundamentals about games and play, geographic information technologies, game design and culture, to current examples and forward looking analysis.
Of interest to anyone interested in creating and using Geogames, this volume serves as a channel for sharing early experiences, discussing technological challenges and solutions, and outlines a future research agenda.
Games and play are part of human life, and in many game activities, place, space and geography plays a central role in determining the rules and interactions that are characteristic of each game. Recent developments and widespread access to mobile information, communication, and geospatial technologies have spurred a flurry of developments, including many variations of gaming activities that are situated in, or otherwise connected to the real world.Introducing Geogames and Geoplay: Characterizing an Emerging Research Field (Ola Ahlqvist, Christoph Schlieder)
Defining a Geogame Genre Using Core Concepts of Games, Play, and Geographic Information and Thinking (Ola Ahlqvist, Swaroop Joshi, Rohan Benkar, Kiril Vatev, Rajiv Ramnath, Andrew Heckler et al.)
OriGami: A Mobile Geogame for Spatial Literacy (Thomas Bartoschek, Angela Schwering, Rui Li, Stefan Münzer, Vânia Carlos)
Spatial Game for Negotiations and Consensus Building in Urban Planning: YouPlaceIt! (Alenka Poplin, Kavita Vemuri)
Addressing Uneven Participation Patterns in VGI Through Gamification Mechanisms (Vyron Antoniou, Christoph Schlieder)
Teaching Geogame Design: Game Relocation as a Spatial Analysis Task (Christoph Schlieder, Dominik Kremer, Thomas Heinz)
(Re-)Localization of Location-Based Games (Simon Scheider, Peter Kiefer)
The Design and Play of Geogames as Place-Based Education (Jim Mathews, Christopher Holden)
A Cost-effective Workflow for Depicting Landscapes in Immersive Virtual Environments (Nathaniel J. Henry)
Structural Gamification of a University GIS Course (Michael N. DeMers)
Geocaching on the Moon (Cheng Zhang)