Wired Fisheye Lens: A Motion-Based Improved Fisheye Interface for Mobile Web Map Services

We propose a mobile Web map interface that is based on a metaphor of the Wired Fisheye Lens. The interface was developed by using an improved fisheye views (Focus+Glue+Context map). When a user wants to obtain information on both the details of the target area and the geographical relation between the present location and the target area by using existing Web map services, he/she has to scroll maps and change the scale of the maps many times. These operations result in a large cognitive cost for users. The Wired Fisheye Lens enables users to easily search an area surrounding the present location since it has the following features: 1) The Focus+Glue+Context map enables users to view both a large-scale map (Focus) and a small-scale map (Context) without changing the scales of the maps; 2) The posture sensor enables users to search for details of the surrounding area by tilting, shaking, and looking through the fisheye lens; 3) The Focus is moved by considering it to be a fisheye lens...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: W2GIS
• Authors: Daisuke Yamamoto, Shotaro Ozeki, Naohisa Takahashi
• Keywords: Present Location, W2GIS 2009, Web Map, Wired Fisheye Lens