NDLI: Spatial data and mobile applications: general solutions for interface design

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Ginige, Athula Sebillo, Monica Vitiello, Giuliana Di Giovanni, Pasquale Romano, Marco
Abstract	Nowadays, spatial data are totally widespread in mobile applications. They are present in games, map applications, web community applications and office automations. However this kind of spatial information potentially needs a large display area and the hardware constraint related to the limited screen dimensions creates many usability challenges. Our investigation in the last few years to find solutions to these challenges has led us to the discovery of general usability principles that a well-designed interface should adopt. In this paper we describe the mental path we have followed to derive those principles from the experience gained in developing mobile interfaces for different application domains. The principles are formalized in terms of two interaction design patterns, specific for mobile interfaces managing spatial data. They extend existing HCI patterns and are completed, as usual, with concrete examples of their applications.
Starting Page	189
Ending Page	196
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450312875
DOI	10.1145/2254556.2254591
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2012-05-21
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Interface metaphors Multimodal interfaces Information visualization Mobile interaction design Context aware interaction
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Spatial data and mobile applications: general solutions for interface design