Title :
An e-Map Navigation System: Provide Region Search and Visualize Landmark Information
Author :
Wang, Dai-Yi ; Hsu, Chang-Kai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of CSCE, Providence Univ., Taichung, Taiwan
Abstract :
In this paper, a new e-map navigation system is designed to provide users with regional navigation services. It provided users keyword search, multiple classification search, and region search, so that userspsila need for diversified searches can be satisfied. Besides, this system applies chromatology to visualize search results, using colors to present landmarks and different degrees of chroma to describe landmark information. It is expected that through improvement of the system design and the information retrieval interface, userpsilas search cost can be reduced and better navigation services can be provided in a more efficient manner.
Keywords :
cartography; data visualisation; navigation; chromatology; e-map navigation system; information retrieval; landmark information visualization; regional navigation services; Computer science; Databases; Design engineering; Displays; Electronic mail; Graphics; Information retrieval; Keyword search; Navigation; Visualization; e-map; landmarks; navigation; visualization;
Conference_Titel :
World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2008, WCECS '08. Advances in Electrical and Electronics Engineering - IAENG Special Edition of the
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3545-6
DOI :
10.1109/WCECS.2008.34