Augmenting Physical Maps: an AR Platform for Geographical Information Visualization

Nóbrega, Rui; Jacob, João; Rodrigues, Rui; Coelho, António; Sousa, A. Augusto de

Augmenting Physical Maps: an AR Platform for Geographical Information Visualization

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2016

Authors

Nóbrega, Rui
Jacob, João
Rodrigues, Rui
Coelho, António
Sousa, A. Augusto de

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

Physical maps of a city or region are important pieces of geographical information for tourists and local citizens. Unfortunately the amount of information that can be presented on a piece of paper is limited. In order to extend the map information we propose an augmented reality (AR) system, ARTourMap, for additional information visualization and interaction. This system provides an abstraction layer to develop applications based on the concept of separated logic map tiles taking advantage of a multi-target system where several regions of the map trigger different superimposed graphics. This allows the map to be folded, to be partially occluded, and to have dematerialized information. To demonstrate the proposed system ARTourMap, three layers were developed: a location-based game with points of interest (POIs), a 3D building visualization and an historical map layer.

        @inproceedings{10.2312:egp.20161052
,
booktitle = {EG 2016 - Posters
},
editor = {Luis Gonzaga Magalhaes and Rafal Mantiuk
},
title = {{Augmenting Physical Maps: an AR Platform for Geographical Information Visualization
}},
author = {Nóbrega, Rui and 
Jacob, João and 
Rodrigues, Rui and 
Coelho, António and 
Sousa, A. Augusto de
},
year = {2016
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {1017-4656
},
ISBN = {},
DOI = {10.2312/egp.20161052
}
}