overlaying paper maps with digital information services for tourists
DESCRIPTION
Presentation given at ENTER 2005, 12th International Conference on Information Technology and Travel & Tourism. Innsbruck, Austria, January 2005 ABSTRACT: Despite the increasing availability of various forms of digital maps and guides, paper still prevails as the main information medium used by tourists during city visits. The authors describe how recent technologies for digitally augmented paper maps can be used to develop interactive paper maps that provide value-added services for tourists through digital overlays. An initial investigation into the use of these maps to support visitors to the Edinburgh festivals is also presented.TRANSCRIPT
Overlaying Paper Maps
with Digital Information
Services for Tourists
Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer
{norrie, signer}@inf.ethz.ch
Institute for Information Systems
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 2
Outline
• Motivation
• Tourists and Maps
• Augmented Paper, Paper++
• EdFest Prototype
• User Trials
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 3
Motivation
• Tourists at the
Edinburgh Festivals
• Digitally augmented
paper brochures
• Digital pen, voice and
GPS as input device
• Paper and voice as
output device
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 4
Tourists and Maps
• Previsit
– activity planning
– layout and social zones of city
• Visit
– locator, proximity, navigation and event tasks
• Postvisit
– share experience with family and friends
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 5
Augmented Paper, Paper++
Transformation of positions to shapes
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 6
Anoto Digital Pen
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 7
Zurich City Guide
(x,y)
active areas layers
user
preferences
context
- location (GPS)
- time
- ...
request
P(x,y)
city layer
art and culture layer
entertainment layer
P(x,y)
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 8
EdFest Components
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 9
EdFest Event List
information about event
enter ratingrating
other events%
find location
other events
link note
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 10
EdFest Map
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 11
User Trials
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 12
User Trials ...
• Map locator functionality
• Event rating and reminder
• Pointing mode of pen
• Printed event lists
• Voice interaction
• Pen and earpiece using
Bluetooth
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 13
EdFest Architecture
Nokia Digital
Pen SU-1B
Client
Controller
iServer
(OMS Java)
EdFestDB
(OMSwe)
Paper++
Client
Voice
Engine
x,y coordinates
docID, page, (x,y) + context
HTML
Browser
HTML
HTTP requestuser interaction
URL + context
deliver information in
the appropriate format
augment with context
Active Content Context Engine
OMSweApplication DB
Web Elements
docID, page, (x,y)
Link DBPaper Plug-in
VoiceXML, HTML, ...VoiceXML, HTML, ...VoiceXML
HTTP request
user interaction
GPS (NMEA)
Headset
EdFest Mobile Client
PAN WiFi LAN/WANLAN
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 14
Future Work
• Improve design of augmented documents
• Extend EdFest architecture
• Investigate alternative output channels
• Further user studies in Zurich as well
as at the Festivals in Edinburgh
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 15
Questions ?