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Real-time map labelling for mobile applications

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

It is essential to label roads, landmarks, and other important features on maps for mobile applications to help users to understand their location and the environment. This paper aims to examine real-time map labelling methods suitable for the small screen on mobile devices. A slider method with a continuous search space was proposed to sequentially label both line and point features. The method starts with defining a range box for possible locations of the label. Then a search is performed, and the range box is reduced, if there are any cartographic objects that overlap the range box. Finally, the label is placed, at the best possible position in the reduced range box according to normal cartographic preferences, where it does not obscure any cartographic object. We implemented this method in a Java environment using the open source library JTS Topology Suite. A case study showed sound cartographic results of the labelling and acceptable computational efficiency. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Publiceringsår

2006

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

773-783

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volym

30

Issue

6

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Human Geography
  • Physical Geography

Nyckelord

  • geo-information service
  • real-time map
  • label placement
  • map labelling

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0198-9715