Paper Info
Title
Framy-visualising geographic data on mobile interfaces
Abstract
When using a mobile device for navigating and querying a map, some visualisation and usability problems may arise due to small screens and limited interaction modes allowed by such devices. Recently, researchers have devoted their efforts to overcome these issues by introducing innovative approaches for developing advanced interfaces, capable of providing users with analytical information as well as visual summary of data. In this article, we propose a new visualisation technique, named Framy, which exploits a novel interaction metaphor for picture frames to provide hints about off-screen objects. It was conceived to cover a wider range of spatial data visualisation tasks, which may simultaneously involve different geographic layers. The technique has been embedded inside a mobile GIS application, MapGIS, designed to perform typical GIS operations and queries on mobile devices. A usability study has been performed in order to verify the benefits in efficacy, efficiency and subjective satisfaction coming from the adoption of Framy within the system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1080/17489720802487949
J. Location Based Services
Keywords
Field
DocType
usability problem,spatial data,usability study,mobile device,mobile gis application,limited interaction mode,new visualisation technique,typical gis operation,mobile interface,geographic data,visualisation task,novel interaction metaphor,geographic information systems,data visualisation,mobile devices,geographic information system
Mobile computing,Spatial analysis,Data mining,Geographic information system,Computer science,Visualization,Usability,Exploit,Human–computer interaction,Mobile device,Enterprise GIS,Multimedia
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
2
3
1748-9725
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
15
1.19
8
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luca Paolino113221.03
Monica Sebillo222337.10
Genoveffa Tortora31477151.59
Giuliana Vitiello442455.93