Improving Interaction with Virtual Globes through Spatial Thinking: Helping Users Ask “Why?”

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Authors

  • Johannes Schöming
  • Martin Raubal
  • Meredith Marsh
  • Brent Hecht
  • Antonio Krüger
  • Michael Rohs

External Research Organisations

  • University of California at Santa Barbara
  • University of Münster
  • Technische Universität Berlin
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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIUI '08
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 13th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
Pages129-138
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 13 Jan 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces 2008, IUI'08 - Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Duration: 13 Jan 200816 Jan 2008

Abstract

Virtual globes have progressed from little-known technology to broadly popular software in a mere few years. We investigated this phenomenon through a survey and discovered that, while virtual globes are en vogue, their use is restricted to a small set of tasks so simple that they do not involve any spatial thinking. Spatial thinking requires that users ask "what is where" and "why"; the most common virtual globe tasks only include the "what". Based on the results of this survey, we have developed a multi-touch virtual globe derived from an adapted virtual globe paradigm designed to widen the potential uses of the technology by helping its users to inquire about both the "what is where" and "why" of spatial distribution. We do not seek to provide users with full GIS (geographic information system) functionality, but rather we aim to facilitate the asking and answering of simple "why" questions about general topics that appeal to a wide virtual globe user base.

Keywords

    Artificial intelligence, Multi-touch interaction, Semantic relatedness, Spatial thinking, Virtual globes, Wall-size interfaces, Wikipedia

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Improving Interaction with Virtual Globes through Spatial Thinking: Helping Users Ask “Why?” . / Schöming, Johannes; Raubal, Martin; Marsh, Meredith et al.
IUI '08: Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces. 2008. p. 129-138.

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Schöming, J, Raubal, M, Marsh, M, Hecht, B, Krüger, A & Rohs, M 2008, Improving Interaction with Virtual Globes through Spatial Thinking: Helping Users Ask “Why?” . in IUI '08: Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces. pp. 129-138, 13th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces 2008, IUI'08, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain, 13 Jan 2008. https://doi.org/10.1145/1378773.1378790
Schöming, J., Raubal, M., Marsh, M., Hecht, B., Krüger, A., & Rohs, M. (2008). Improving Interaction with Virtual Globes through Spatial Thinking: Helping Users Ask “Why?” . In IUI '08: Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (pp. 129-138) https://doi.org/10.1145/1378773.1378790
Schöming J, Raubal M, Marsh M, Hecht B, Krüger A, Rohs M. Improving Interaction with Virtual Globes through Spatial Thinking: Helping Users Ask “Why?” . In IUI '08: Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces. 2008. p. 129-138 doi: 10.1145/1378773.1378790
Schöming, Johannes ; Raubal, Martin ; Marsh, Meredith et al. / Improving Interaction with Virtual Globes through Spatial Thinking : Helping Users Ask “Why?” . IUI '08: Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces. 2008. pp. 129-138
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