NDLI: Focus+Context Route Zooming and Information Overlay in 3D Urban Environments

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Huamin Qu Haomian Wang Weiwei Cui Yingcai Wu Ming-Yuen Chan
Copyright Year	1995
Abstract	In this paper we present a novel focus+context zooming technique, which allows users to zoom into a route and its associated landmarks in a 3D urban environment from a 45-degree bird's-eye view. Through the creative utilization of the empty space in an urban environment, our technique can informatively reveal the focus region and minimize distortions to the context buildings. We first create more empty space in the 2D map by broadening the road with an adapted seam carving algorithm. A grid-based zooming technique is then used to enlarge the landmarks to reclaim the created empty space and thus reduce distortions to the other parts. Finally,an occlusion-free route visualization scheme adaptively scales the buildings occluding the route to make the route always visible to users. Our method can be conveniently integrated into Google Earth and Virtual Earth to provide seamless route zooming and help users better explore a city and plan their tours. It can also be used in other applications such as information overlay to a virtual city.
Sponsorship	IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Graphics IEEE Computer Society
File Size	8701335
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10772626
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-11-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Cities and towns Earth Roads Visualization Virtual environment Displays seam carving focus+context visualization zooming 3D virtual environment
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design Signal Processing Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Software

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