Title :
Urban Pilot: a dynamic mapping tool for personalizing the city through collective memory
Author_Institution :
Design Technol. Group, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Investigates the use of hand-held mobile devices as exploratory personalized tools for dynamic navigation of the cityscape that go beyond cartographic limitations and directory-type services. Unfortunately, existing devices and their applications do not fully address the impelling potential of real-time, interactive tools. Moreover, the volatile, unpredictable randomness of the city life and its ever-changing patterns are rarely captured by static navigational means. This study proposes a tool which encourages personalized experiences of cities by providing a dynamic information space that overlaps the city with individual users, both spatially and temporally
Keywords :
cartography; interactive systems; navigation; personal information systems; real-time systems; travel industry; Urban Pilot; cartography; city personalization; cityscape dynamic navigation; collective memory; directories; dynamic information space; dynamic mapping tool; exploratory personalized tools; hand-held mobile devices; personal experiences; real-time interactive tools; unpredictable randomness; Appropriate technology; Cities and towns; Filtering; Global Positioning System; Hierarchical systems; Information retrieval; Navigation; Personal digital assistants; Space technology; Uniform resource locators;
Conference_Titel :
Information Visualisation, 2001. Proceedings. Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1195-3
DOI :
10.1109/IV.2001.942063
