Improving interaction with virtual globes through spatial thinking

Schöning, Johannes; Hecht, Brent; Raubal, Martin; Krüger, Antonio; Marsh, Meredith; Rohs, Michael

doi:10.1145/1378773.1378790

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“…Scholars in HCI increasingly are turning their attention to interactive maps (e.g. Hecht et al, 2013;Rädle, Jetter, Butscher, & Reiterer, 2013;Schöning et al, 2008), again pointing to an increased mutual influence as maps become interactive and move online or to mobile devices.…”

Section: Human-computer Interaction and Usability Engineeringmentioning

confidence: 99%

User studies in cartography: opportunities for empirical research on interactive maps and visualizations

Roth

Çöltekin

Delazari

et al. 2017

International Journal of Cartography

129

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The possibility of digital interactivity requires us to reenvision the map reader as the map user, and to address the perceptual, cognitive, cultural, and practical considerations that influence the user's experience with interactive maps and visualizations. In this article, we present an agenda for empirical research on this user and the interactive designs he or she employs. The research agenda is a result of a multi-stage discussion among international scholars facilitated by the International Cartographic Association that included an early round of position papers and two subsequent workshops to narrow into pressing themes and important research opportunities. The focus of our discussion is epistemological and reflects the wide interdisciplinary influences on user studies in cartography. The opportunities are presented as imperatives that cross basic research and user-centered design studies, and identify practical impediments to empirical research, emerging interdisciplinary recommendations to improve user studies, and key research needs specific to the study of interactive maps and visualizations.

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Section: Human-computer Interaction and Usability Engineeringmentioning

confidence: 99%

User studies in cartography: opportunities for empirical research on interactive maps and visualizations

Roth

Çöltekin

Delazari

et al. 2017

International Journal of Cartography

129

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“…We chose GoogleEarth as the 3D geo-browser for our experiment, as it represents the most frequently used 3D geo-browser (Schöning et al, 2008). Eight GPS tracks had been downloaded from a GPS track sharing website and imported to GoogleEarth.…”

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How users interact with a 3D geo-browser under time pressure

Wilkening¹,

Fabrikant

2013

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

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Interactive 3D geo-browsers, also known as globe viewers, are popular, because they are easy and fun to use. However, it is still an open question whether highly interactive, 3D geographic data browsing, and visualization displays support effective and efficient spatio-temporal decision making. Moreover, little is known about the role of time constraints for spatio-temporal decision-making in an interactive, 3D context. In this article, we present an empirical approach to assess the effect of decision-time constraints on the quality of spatio-temporal decision-making when using 3D geo-browsers, such as GoogleEarth, in 3D task contexts of varying complexity. Our experimental results suggest that while, overall, people interact more with interactive geo-browsers when not under time pressure, this does not mean that they are also more accurate or more confident in their decisions when solving typical 3D cartometric tasks. Surprisingly, we also find that 2D interaction capabilities (i.e., zooming and panning) are more frequently used for 3D tasks than 3D interaction tools (i.e., rotating and tilting), regardless of time pressure. Finally, we find that background and training of tested users do not seem to influence 3D task performance. In summary, our study does not provide any evidence for the added value of using interactive 3D globe viewers when needing to solve 3D cartometric tasks with or without time pressure. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLETaylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in the publications on our platform. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents, and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to or arising out of the use of the Content. This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http:// www.tandfonline.com/page/terms-and-conditions Interactive 3D geo-browsers, also known as globe viewers, are popular, because they are easy and fun to use. However, it is still an open question whether highly interactive, 3D geographic data browsing, and visualization displays support effective and efficient spatio-temporal decision making. Moreover, little is known about the role o...

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“…These interaction mechanisms provide more intuitive performance and interaction. Several innovative applications such as Reactable [1], IntuPaint [2] or Multi-Touch VirtualGlobe [3] have been developed in the research community to demonstrate the new capabilities of tabletop interfaces.…”

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TangiWheel: A Widget for Manipulating Collections on Tabletop Displays Supporting Hybrid Input Modality

Catalá

Garcia-Sanjuan

Jaén

et al. 2012

J. Comput. Sci. Technol.

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In this paper we present TangiWheel, a collection manipulation widget for tabletop displays.Our implementation is flexible, allowing either multi-touch or tangible interaction, or even a hybrid scheme to better suit user choice and convenience. Different TangiWheel aspects and features are compared with other existing widgets for collection manipulation. The study reveals that TangiWheel is the first proposal to support a hybrid input modality with high resemblance levels between touch and tangible interaction styles. Several experiments were conducted to evaluate the techniques used in each input scheme for a better understanding of tangible surface interfaces in complex tasks performed by a single user (e.g. involving a typical master-slave exploration pattern). The results showed that tangibles perform significantly better than fingers, despite dealing with a greater number of interactions, in situations that require a high number of acquisitions and basic manipulation tasks such as establishing location and orientation. However, when users have to perform multiple exploration and selection operations that do not require previous basic manipulation tasks, for instance when collections are fixed in the interface layout, touch input is significantly better in terms of required time and number of actions. Finally, when a more elastic collection layout or more complex additional insertion or displacement operations are needed, the hybrid and tangible approaches clearly outperform finger-based interactions.

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Improving interaction with virtual globes through spatial thinking

Cited by 42 publications

References 16 publications

User studies in cartography: opportunities for empirical research on interactive maps and visualizations

User studies in cartography: opportunities for empirical research on interactive maps and visualizations

How users interact with a 3D geo-browser under time pressure

TangiWheel: A Widget for Manipulating Collections on Tabletop Displays Supporting Hybrid Input Modality

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