Active customization of GIS user interfaces

Author

De Oliveira, Juliano Lopes ; Mederiso, C.B. ; Cilia, Mariano Ariel

Author_Institution

UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil

fYear

1997

fDate

7-11 Apr 1997

Firstpage

487

Lastpage

496

Abstract

Presents a new approach to user interface customization in geographic information systems (GIS). This approach is based on the integration of three main components: a GIS user interface architecture; an active database mechanism; and a generic interface builder. The GIS interface architecture provides the default interface behavior, while the active system allows customization of interfaces according to the specific context. The generic interface builder relies on a library of interface objects to dynamically construct generic and customized interfaces. The main advantage of this approach is that it decreases the costs associated with developing customized GIS interfaces

Keywords

active databases; geographic information systems; graphical user interfaces; software libraries; user interface management systems; visual databases; GIS user interfaces; active customization; active database mechanism; cost reduction; customized interfaces; default interface behavior; generic interface builder; generic interfaces; geographic information systems; interface object library; user interface architecture; Computer architecture; Costs; Displays; Earth; Geographic Information Systems; Information analysis; Libraries; Spatial databases; User interfaces; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Data Engineering, 1997. Proceedings. 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Birmingham

ISSN

1063-6382

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7807-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDE.1997.582014

Filename

582014