Overlaying Paper Maps with Digital Information Services for Tourists

Presentation given at ENTER 2005, 12th International Conference on Information Technology and Travel & Tourism. Innsbruck, Austria.

ABSTRACT: Despite the increasing availability of various forms of digital maps and guides, paper still prevails as the main information medium used by tourists during city visits. The authors describe how recent technologies for digitally augmented paper maps can be used to develop interactive paper maps that provide value-added services for tourists through digital overlays. An initial investigation into the use of these maps to support visitors to the Edinburgh festivals is also presented.

Research paper: https://beatsigner.com/publications/norrie_ENTER2005.pdf

Transcript

1. Overlaying Paper Maps
   with Digital Information
   Services for Tourists
   Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer
   {norrie, signer}@inf.ethz.ch
   Institute for Information Systems
   ETH Zurich, Switzerland
   

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2. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 2
   Outline
   • Motivation
   • Tourists and Maps
   • Augmented Paper, Paper++
   • EdFest Prototype
   • User Trials
   

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3. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 3
   Motivation
   • Tourists at the
   Edinburgh Festivals
   • Digitally augmented
   paper brochures
   • Digital pen, voice and
   GPS as input device
   • Paper and voice as
   output device
   

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4. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 4
   Tourists and Maps
   • Previsit
   – activity planning
   – layout and social zones of city
   • Visit
   – locator, proximity, navigation and event tasks
   • Postvisit
   – share experience with family and friends
   

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5. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 5
   Augmented Paper, Paper++
   Transformation of positions to shapes
   

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6. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 6
   Anoto Digital Pen
   

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7. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 7
   Zurich City Guide
   (x,y)
   active areas layers
   user
   preferences
   context
   - location (GPS)
   - time
   - ...
   request
   P(x,y)
   city layer
   art and culture layer
   entertainment layer
   P(x,y)
   

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8. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 8
   EdFest Components
   

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9. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 9
   EdFest Event List
   information about event
   enter rating
    rating
   other events
   %
   find location
   other events
   link note
   

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10. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 10
    EdFest Map
    

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11. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 11
    User Trials
    

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12. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 12
    User Trials ...
    • Map locator functionality
    • Event rating and reminder
    • Pointing mode of pen
    • Printed event lists
    • Voice interaction
    • Pen and earpiece using
    Bluetooth
    

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13. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 13
    EdFest Architecture
    Nokia Digital
    Pen SU-1B
    Client
    Controller
    iServer
    (OMS Java)
    EdFestDB
    (OMSwe)
    Paper++
    Client
    Voice
    Engine
    x,y coordinates
    docID, page, (x,y) + context
    HTML
    Browser
    HTML
    HTTP request
    user interaction
    URL + context
    deliver information in
    the appropriate format
    augment with context
    Active Content Context Engine
    OMSwe
    Application DB
    Web Elements
    docID, page, (x,y)
    Link DB
    Paper Plug-in
    VoiceXML, HTML, ...
    VoiceXML, HTML, ...
    VoiceXML
    HTTP request
    user interaction
    GPS (NMEA)
    Headset
    EdFest Mobile Client
    PAN WiFi LAN/WAN
    LAN
    

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14. 26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 14
    Future Work
    • Improve design of augmented documents
    • Extend EdFest architecture
    • Investigate alternative output channels
    • Further user studies in Zurich as well
    as at the Festivals in Edinburgh
    

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