Searching information in a Geographical Information System (GIS) usually imposes that users explore pre-compiled category catalogs and select the types of information they are looking for. Unfortunately, that approach is challenging because it forces people to adhere to a conceptualization of the information space that might be different from their own. In order to address this issue, we propose to support textual search as the basic interaction model, exploiting linguistic information, together with category exploration, for query interpretation and expansion. This paper describes our model and its adoption in the OnToMap Participatory GIS.

Exploration of cultural heritage information via textual search queries

ARDISSONO, Liliana;LUCENTEFORTE, Maurizio;MAURO, NOEMI;SAVOCA, ADRIANO
2016-01-01

Abstract

Searching information in a Geographical Information System (GIS) usually imposes that users explore pre-compiled category catalogs and select the types of information they are looking for. Unfortunately, that approach is challenging because it forces people to adhere to a conceptualization of the information space that might be different from their own. In order to address this issue, we propose to support textual search as the basic interaction model, exploiting linguistic information, together with category exploration, for query interpretation and expansion. This paper describes our model and its adoption in the OnToMap Participatory GIS.
2016
18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2016
Firenze, Italia
2016
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct, MobileHCI 2016
Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
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9781450344135
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2962648
Community maps; GIS; Text-based information search; Information Systems; Computer Networks and Communications; Human-Computer Interaction; Software
Ardissono, Liliana; Lucenteforte, Maurizio; Voghera, Angioletta; La Riccia, Luigi; Mauro, Noemi; Savoca, Adriano
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