Managing media rich geo-spatial annotations for a map-based mobile application using clustering

Author

Khasfariyati RAZIKIN, Nanyang Technological University
Dion Hoe-Lian GOH, Nanyang Technological University
Ee Peng LIM, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Aixin SUN, Nanyang Technological University
Yin-Leng THENG
Thi Nhu Quynh KIM, Nanyang Technological University
Kalyani CHATTERJEA
Chew-Hung CHANG

Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

4-2010

Abstract

With the prevalence of mobile devices that are equipped with wireless Internet capabilities and Global Positioning System (GPS) functionality, the creation and access of user-generated content are extended to users on the go. Such content are tied to real world objects, in the form of geospatial annotations, and it is only natural that these annotations are visualized using a map-based approach. However, viewing maps that are filled with annotations could hinder the serendipitous discovery of data, especially on the small screens of mobile devices. This calls for a need to manage the annotations. In this paper, we introduce a mobile application, MobiTOP, which enable users to create multimedia geospatial annotations and employs a map-based visualization for users to explore the annotations. We propose the adoption of clustering approaches to manage the volume annotations on the map. Two approaches of clustering techniques, namely incremental clustering and DBScan (Density based spatial clustering applications with noise), are proposed and compared with a baseline approach in our evaluation. Implications of our findings are discussed.

Keywords

Geospatial annotations, Map-based visualization, Mobile applications, Mobile visualization

Discipline

Databases and Information Systems | Digital Communications and Networking

Publication

International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG 2010)

First Page

138

Last Page

143

Identifier

10.1109/ITNG.2010.62

Publisher

IEEE

City or Country

Las Vegas

Citation

RAZIKIN, Khasfariyati; GOH, Dion Hoe-Lian; LIM, Ee Peng; SUN, Aixin; THENG, Yin-Leng; KIM, Thi Nhu Quynh; CHATTERJEA, Kalyani; and CHANG, Chew-Hung. Managing media rich geo-spatial annotations for a map-based mobile application using clustering. (2010). International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG 2010). 138-143.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/626

Creative Commons License

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Additional URL

http://doi.org/10.1109/ITNG.2010.62