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Route Visualization Using Detail Lenses
March/April 2010 (vol. 16 no. 2)
pp. 235-247
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Pushpak Karnick, David Cline, Stefan Jeschke, Anshuman Razdan, Peter Wonka, "Route Visualization Using Detail Lenses," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 235-247, March/April, 2010.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TVCG.2009.65,
author = {Pushpak Karnick and David Cline and Stefan Jeschke and Anshuman Razdan and Peter Wonka},
title = {Route Visualization Using Detail Lenses},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
volume = {16},
number = {2},
issn = {1077-2626},
year = {2010},
pages = {235-247},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TVCG.2009.65},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Pushpak Karnick, Arizona State University, Tempe
David Cline, Arizona State University, Tempe
Stefan Jeschke, University of Vienna, Austria
Anshuman Razdan, Arizona State University, Mesa
Peter Wonka, Arizona State University, Tempe
We present a method designed to address some limitations of typical route map displays of driving directions. The main goal of our system is to generate a printable version of a route map that shows the overview and detail views of the route within a single, consistent visual frame. Our proposed visualization provides a more intuitive spatial context than a simple list of turns. We present a novel multifocus technique to achieve this goal, where the foci are defined by points of interest (POI) along the route. A detail lens that encapsulates the POI at a finer geospatial scale is created for each focus. The lenses are laid out on the map to avoid occlusion with the route and each other, and to optimally utilize the free space around the route. We define a set of layout metrics to evaluate the quality of a lens layout for a given route map visualization. We compare standard lens layout methods to our proposed method and demonstrate the effectiveness of our method in generating aesthetically pleasing layouts. Finally, we perform a user study to evaluate the effectiveness of our layout choices.

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Index Terms:
Route visualization, map visualization, overview and detail techniques.
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Pushpak Karnick, David Cline, Stefan Jeschke, Anshuman Razdan, Peter Wonka, "Route Visualization Using Detail Lenses," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 235-247, March-April 2010, doi:10.1109/TVCG.2009.65
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