Supporting Information Visualization Through Topic Maps

• Autor(es): Oliveira, Alexandre Rocha ; Malgueiro, Octávio ; Grave, Luís ; Marcos, Adérito Fernandes
• Data: 2002
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/367
• Origem: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Tipo de Documento: Documento de conferência
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

We are living a phenomenon of accelerated information production with different accessing sources. Hence users are faced with a growing problem: accessing (navigation) and filtering specific information contained in large datasets, which are increasing in size. Procedures such as data filtering and gathering are now simplified through a new concept known as Topic Maps. The application of Virtual Reality technologies enables to present and interact with multidimensional information in a 3D space. In this paper we present INSPHERE, a new visual metaphor for information visualization, based on both, Virtual Reality techniques, and “geographical information maps” provided by Topic Maps.