Tenth International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV'06)
Geospatial Anchoring of Encyclopedia Articles
London, England
July 05-July 07
ISBN: 0-7695-2602-0
Wolfgang Kienreich, Know-Center, Competence Center for Knowledge-Based Applications and Systems
Michael Granitzer, Know-Center, Competence Center for Knowledge-Based Applications and Systems
Mathias Lux, Know-Center, Competence Center for Knowledge-Based Applications and Systems
An encyclopedia provides a written compendium of knowledge consisting of articles concisely and exhaustively covering topics of interest. Most general encyclopedias are structured in an alphabetical manner and favor keyword queries and link-based navigation as the primary form of access. On closer examination, many encyclopedia articles can directly or indirectly be associated with geospatial references. This publication explores ways of anchoring encyclopedia articles to geospatial references and presents a web-based 3D interface which allows navigation of the German Brockhaus Encyclopedia through a geospatial metaphor.
Citation:
Wolfgang Kienreich, Michael Granitzer, Mathias Lux, "Geospatial Anchoring of Encyclopedia Articles," iv, pp.211-215, Tenth International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV'06), 2006