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Title: | The Aesthetics of StripeMaps: Being Small and Beautiful | Authors: | WENIG, Dirk SCHOENING, Johannes |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Publisher: | ACM | Source: | Adjunct Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Service Workshop on Mobile Aesthetics, (2016), p. In Press | Abstract: | Maps are a very powerful form of information visualization. Beside their main purpose to communicate often very complex relationships between elements of some space, “good” maps are often perceived as aesthetically pleasing and beautiful. Maps are collected for those reasons; since centuries and ages they are “beautiful” – over all trends. Cartography, the study and practice of making maps, has long tradition. Even today, most of the maps, e.g., road maps and public you-are-here maps, are still crafted by professional cartographers. However, maps do require space to be displayed while mobile and wearable devices are getting smaller and smaller. This presents new challenges in cartography, as designing aesthetic user interfaces is an important aspect in the area of HCI. With StripeMaps we present a technique to bring maps to very small displays without destroying their utility and beauty. In this workshop paper we discuss our design considerations in depth and open up the discussion for alternative approaches. | Keywords: | smartwatches; cartography; mobile maps; stripe maps | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/21792 | ISBN: | 9781450344135 | DOI: | 10.1145/2957265.2965021 | Rights: | Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for third-party components of this work must be honored. For all other uses, contact the Owner/Author. Copyright is held by the owner/author(s). | Category: | C1 | Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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