A map-based place-browser for a PDA

Bainbridge, David; Jones, Matt; Arter, David

A map-based place-browser for a PDA

dc.contributor.author	Bainbridge, David
dc.contributor.author	Jones, Matt
dc.contributor.author	Arter, David
dc.date.accessioned	2008-04-06T23:32:30Z
dc.date.available	2008-04-06T23:32:30Z
dc.date.issued	2007-10-24
dc.description.abstract	This article describes PlaceBrowser, a PDA based application that allows the user of the application to navigate around an area of geographical interest, such as a city, using a zoomable, panable hierarchy of aerial images, in a fashion similar to Google Maps. The novel aspect to the work is that an area of precise interest within the map can be pin-pointed by the user by directly dragging out a rectangular area on the map. This forms the source to a spatial search that returns landmarks that are then used to trigger a Web based query. The results of this query are displayed to the user. The net effect is that, in response to dragging out a rectangular area, web pages that are relevant to this area but have not been explicitly geo-spatially tagged with metadata (longitude,latitude) are shown to the user.	en_US
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.citation	Bainbridge, D., Jones, M. & Arter, D. (2007). A map-based place-browser for a PDA. (Working paper 07/2007). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato, Department of Computer Science.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1177-777X
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10289/759
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	University of Waikato	en_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOf	Computer Science Working Papers	en_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Computer Science Working Papers
dc.subject	mobile searching	en_US
dc.subject	context aware	en_US
dc.subject	spatial search	en_US
dc.title	A map-based place-browser for a PDA	en_US
dc.type	Working Paper	en_US
pubs.elements-id	53525
pubs.place-of-publication	Hamilton, New Zealand	en_NZ
uow.relation.series	07/2007