Overlaying Paper Maps
with Digital Information
Services for Tourists
Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer
{norrie, signer}@inf.ethz.ch
Institute for Information Systems
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 2
Outline
• Motivation
• Tourists and Maps
• Augmented Paper, Paper++
• EdFest Prototype
• User Trials
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 3
Motivation
• Tourists at the
Edinburgh Festivals
• Digitally augmented
paper brochures
• Digital pen, voice and
GPS as input device
• Paper and voice as
output device
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Tourists and Maps
• Previsit
– activity planning
– layout and social zones of city
• Visit
– locator, proximity, navigation and event tasks
• Postvisit
– share experience with family and friends
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Augmented Paper, Paper++
Transformation of positions to shapes
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Anoto Digital Pen
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Zurich City Guide
(x,y)
active areas layers
user
preferences
context
- location (GPS)
- time
- ...
request
P(x,y)
city layer
art and culture layer
entertainment layer
P(x,y)
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EdFest Components
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EdFest Event List
information about event
enter ratingrating
other events%
find location
other events
link note
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EdFest Map
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User Trials
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User Trials ...
• Map locator functionality
• Event rating and reminder
• Pointing mode of pen
• Printed event lists
• Voice interaction
• Pen and earpiece using
Bluetooth
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 13
EdFest Architecture
Nokia Digital
Pen SU-1B
Client
Controller
iServer
(OMS Java)
EdFestDB
(OMSwe)
Paper++
Client
Voice
Engine
x,y coordinates
docID, page, (x,y) + context
HTML
Browser
HTML
HTTP requestuser interaction
URL + context
deliver information in
the appropriate format
augment with context
Active Content Context Engine
OMSweApplication DB
Web Elements
docID, page, (x,y)
Link DBPaper Plug-in
VoiceXML, HTML, ...VoiceXML, HTML, ...VoiceXML
HTTP request
user interaction
GPS (NMEA)
Headset
EdFest Mobile Client
PAN WiFi LAN/WANLAN
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 14
Future Work
• Improve design of augmented documents
• Extend EdFest architecture
• Investigate alternative output channels
• Further user studies in Zurich as well
as at the Festivals in Edinburgh
26.1.2005 / 12:30 ENTER 2005 Research Track 15
Questions ?
