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Supporting the mobile in-situ authoring of locative media in rural places: design and expert evaluation of the SMAT app

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Supporting the mobile in-situ authoring of locative media in rural places: design and expert evaluation of the SMAT app. / Cheverst, Keith William John; Do, Trien Van; Fitton, Dan.
In: International Journal of Handheld Computing Research, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1, 30.03.2015, p. 1-19.

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Cheverst KWJ, Do TV, Fitton D. Supporting the mobile in-situ authoring of locative media in rural places: design and expert evaluation of the SMAT app. International Journal of Handheld Computing Research. 2015 Mar 30;6(1):1-19. 1. doi: 10.4018/IJHCR.2015010101

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