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Gestural navigation in Google Earth

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posted on 2023-05-23, 05:38 authored by Stannus, S, Daniel Rolf, Arko LucieerArko Lucieer, Winyu ChinthammitWinyu Chinthammit
Geographical Information Systems (GISs) are playing an increasingly important role in society. Not only have the capabilities of GIS packages expanded, but their spectrum has been widened by the popularisation of software such as Google Earth, which has added an extra dimension to navigation, while still using the same interaction method. We argue that traditional GIS interfaces limit productivity by not being sufficiently intuitive to new users and by causing extra delay due to unnecessary modality. As a step on the road to solving these problems, we propose an ideal gesture-based system and present the results of a mostly qualitative user-experiment on our current prototype for gestural navigation in Google Earth, which back up our assumptions about the importance of gestural interactions being both bimanual and simultaneous.

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Publication title

Proceedings of the 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2011)

Editors

C Paris, N Colineau, V Farrell, G Farrell & W Huang

Pagination

258-261

Department/School

School of Information and Communication Technology

Publisher

Australian National University

Place of publication

Canberra

Event title

OzChi: Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference

Event Venue

Canberra, Australia

Date of Event (Start Date)

2011-11-28

Date of Event (End Date)

2011-12-02

Rights statement

Copyright 2011 ACM

Repository Status

  • Restricted

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Other information and communication services not elsewhere classified

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