Title: Visualisation of geo-tagged pictures in the web

Authors: Davide Carboni, Valentina Marotto, Pietro Zanarini

Addresses: CRS4, Centre for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia, Polaris – Science and Technology Park, Building 1, Loc. Piscinamanna, 09010 Pula (CA), Italy. ' CRS4, Centre for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia, Polaris – Science and Technology Park, Building 1, Loc. Piscinamanna, 09010 Pula (CA), Italy. ' CRS4, Centre for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia, Polaris – Science and Technology Park, Building 1, Loc. Piscinamanna, 09010 Pula (CA), Italy

Abstract: This work summarises a study of three different user interfaces for browsing geo-referenced pictures on websites. The subjects of this study are two widely used system like Panoramio and Flickr, and a new application develosped by the authors and called the |Fractal View|. The study has been conducted by means of users| interviews and eye tracking.

Keywords: geo-referenced photos; photo browsing; maps; web; eye tracking; evaluation; user interfaces; geo-referenced pictures; geo-referenced photographs; Panoramio; Flickr; geographical information systems; GIS; geo-tagged pictures; geo-tagged photographs; geo-tagged photos; geo-tagged images; eye movements; internet; world wide web.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWET.2011.040723

International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology, 2011 Vol.6 No.3, pp.220 - 242

Published online: 28 Feb 2015 *

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