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The Atlas Project - Comparing time and place
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Nugent, TR and Lueg, C and Bennett, A, The Atlas Project - Comparing time and place, Proceedings of iConference 2013, 12-15 February 2013, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, pp. 611-615. ISBN 978-0-9884900-0-0 (2013) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Copyright 2013 The Authors
Official URL: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/39980
DOI: doi:10.9776/13288
Abstract
The Atlas Project is an interdisciplinary project investigating spatial and historical exploration of geographical areas, with Hunters Wharf in Hobart, Australia being the example space used in this research. One of the goals of this research is to create a mobile application allowing historical information to be transferred out of the traditional static historical media and made more easily available for a variety of different tasks. Through a heavily iterative process, a prototype designed through continuous discussion amongst three different groups led to the research focussing on comparison of historical maps supported by additional spatiotemporally indexed features as the primary means of interacting with historical data. This paper outlines the iterative development of this prototype, presenting research challenges and solutions encountered during that process; it introduces a novel approach of presenting both spatially and temporally sensitive information that satisfies multiple workflows and multiple disciplines. Finally, the paper presents many interesting opportunities for future work and further analysis toward a generalised method of providing context sensitive spatiotemporal map overlays on mobile devices.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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| Keywords: | spatiotemporal systems, historical maps, tourism, exploration, interdisciplinary, interaction, mobility |
| Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
| Research Group: | Library and information studies |
| Research Field: | Human information interaction and retrieval |
| Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
| Objective Group: | Other information and communication services |
| Objective Field: | Other information and communication services not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Nugent, TR (Dr Timothy Nugent) |
| UTAS Author: | Lueg, C (Professor Christopher Lueg) |
| UTAS Author: | Bennett, A (Mr Andrew Bennett) |
| ID Code: | 89328 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
| Deposited On: | 2014-03-03 |
| Last Modified: | 2015-02-13 |
| Downloads: | 313 View Download Statistics |
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