Comparing paper and tangible, multimodal tools

McGee, David; Cohen, Philip R.; Wesson, R. Matthews; Horman, Sheilah

doi:10.1145/503376.503449

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“…Zerger and Smith [78] observed that emergency managers often gathered around a large scale paper map placed on a table as a shared workspace, and they rarely rely on a computer operator to display a map on a (small) computer monitor. Similar argument was made in the context of command post operations [52], where large-format paper maps were found to be preferred in collaborative use of geographical information. Consistent with such understanding, technologies that augment traditional paper and desktop with electronic support for annotation and collaboration, have been demonstrated by systems like Rasa (a digitally augmented paper system in military command posts application) [51] and EDC (Envisionment and Discovery Collaboratory) [3].…”

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confidence: 52%

Human-GIS interaction issues in crisis response

Cai¹,

Sharma

MacEachren

et al. 2006

IJRAM

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Abstract. Geospatial information systems (GIS) provide a central infrastructure forcomputer supported crisis management in terms of database, analytical models and visualization tools, but the user interfaces of such systems are still hard to use, and do not address the special needs of crisis managers who often work in teams and make judgments and decisions under stress. This paper articulates the overall challenges for effective GIS interfaces to support crisis management in three dimensions: immediacy, relevancy, and sharing. These three requirements are addressed by an integrated approach, taking a human-GIS interaction perspective. To demonstrate the feasibility of this approach, we cite our prototype system, DAVE_G (Dialogue-Assisted Visual Environment for Geoinformaton), as an example. DAVE_G uses a large screen display to create a shared workspace among team members, and allows risk managers to interact with a GIS through natural multimodal (speech/gesture) dialogues. This work highlights the design challenges and the required technical innovations towards the goal of making geographical information accessible to crisis management teams.Keywords: geographical information systems, human-computer interaction, multimodal interface, speech and gesture, dialogue management, geovisualization Bibliographical notes: Guoray Cai is Assistant Professor of Information Sciences andTechnology with the school of Information Sciences and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University. He is the director of the Spatial Information and Intelligence Laboratory, and an affiliate faculty of GeoVISTA center at Penn State. His research interests include spatial information retrieval, multimodal interfaces for GIS, conversational dialogue systems, and map-mediated communication and collaboration. He is a member of ACM, IEEE, and AAG (American Association of Geographers). Representation, Visualization, and Design (New York, Guilford, 1995). Dr. MacEachren is currently Chair of the International Cartographic Association Commission on Visualization and Virtual Environments. Rajeev Sharma is an Associated Professor of Computer Science and Engineering atIsaac Brewer is a Ph.D. degree candidate at the Department of Geography and the GeoVISTA Center, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. His dissertation research is focused on the development of a cognitive systems engineering approach to guide design of advanced human-computer interfaces that support collaborative actions with a GIS in emergency management situations. His long-term research interests are in the modeling of human cognitive processes and visual systems as it relates to the design of new interface technologies for geographical information.

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Section: Sharingmentioning

confidence: 52%

Human-GIS interaction issues in crisis response

Cai¹,

Sharma

MacEachren

et al. 2006

IJRAM

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“…One noticeable example is the evaluation of the RASA system (McGee et al, 2002). This system augments the paper tools that are used in commands posts (large map with Post-Its that represent different military units) with digital information.…”

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A computer support tool for the early stages of architectural design

Aliakseyeu

Martens

Rauterberg

2006

Interacting with Computers

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Even in the current computer age, there are still many important application areas, such as early architectural design, where traditional tools like sketching on paper continue to be preferred by many professionals over computer-based tools. There is a growing awareness that there are often very good grounds for this preference. Hence, instead of trying to replace such traditional ways of working, it is now often considered more opportune to try and preserve the strengths of these traditional ways of working, while at the same time improving them by providing access to new media. This is one of the main objectives of the augmented reality approach that we adopt here. In this paper, we specifically discuss the realization of a tool for early architectural design on an existing augmented reality system, called the Visual Interaction Platform. We describe the development process, the resulting tool and its performance for elementary tasks such as positioning and overdrawing. We also identify directions for future research and applications. q

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“…More importantly, Rasa is robust to failures. In case of disruption of the computational systems (emulated in a study [29]), operation can proceed uninterrupted. Once the system resumes, the last known situation is projected against the map, and users can quickly re-synchronize.…”

Section: Multimodal Interaction With Papermentioning

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Human-centered collaborative interaction

Barthelmess

Kaiser

Lunsford

et al. 2006

Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Workshop on Human-Centered Multimedia

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Recent years have witnessed an increasing shift in interest from single user multimedia/multimodal interfaces towards support for interaction among groups of people working closely together, e.g. during meetings or problem solving sessions. However, the introduction of technology to support collaborative practices has not been devoid of problems. It is not uncommon that technology meant to support collaboration may introduce disruptions and reduce group effectiveness.Human-centered multimedia and multimodal approaches hold a promise of providing substantially enhanced user experiences by focusing attention on human perceptual and motor capabilities, and on actual user practices. In this paper we examine the problem of providing effective support for collaboration, focusing on the role of human-centered approaches that take advantage of multimodality and multimedia. We show illustrative examples that demonstrate human-centered multimodal and multimedia solutions that provide mechanisms for dealing with the intrinsic complexity of human-human interaction support.

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Comparing paper and tangible, multimodal tools

Cited by 24 publications

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Human-GIS interaction issues in crisis response

Human-GIS interaction issues in crisis response

A computer support tool for the early stages of architectural design

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