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Representing Points of Interest on a Map

Author: Filipe Gil and Bruno Paiva, LabMAg, DI-FCUL (MSc students supervised by Ana Paula Cláudio)

Date: April 2010

Description: The figure shows two distinct graphical approaches to represent points of interest on a map.

On the left, figurative icons were used; on the right, more colorful and stylized icons are depicted. Besides geographical location and category (in this example: hotel, gas station or monument) we also intend to express the importance a priori. This importance has a numerical value calculated by a mathematical function called Degree of Interest function. We want to test and evaluate different approaches to graphically express the magnitude of this numerical value: using 2D or 3D icons of distinctive sizes, colors or saturations, animated icons, etc.

Technique: Several languages: HTML, JavaScript, PHP, SQL; SVG graphics.

Source: n/a

 

Image and caption provided by: Ana Paula Cláudio and Beatriz Carmo, LabMAg (Laboratory of Agent Modeling) and DI-FCUL (Department of Informatics of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon)

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