TraceViz: Brushing for location based services

Yung-Ju Chang*, Pei Yao Hung, Mark W. Newman

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The popularization of Location Based Services (LBS) has created new challenges for interaction designers in validating the design of their applications. Existing tools designed to play back GPS location traces data streams have shown potential for testing LBS applications and for supporting rapid and reflective prototyping. However, selecting a useful set of location traces from among a large collection remains a difficult task. In this paper, we present TraceViz, the first system that is aimed specifically at supporting LBS designers in exploring, filtering, and selecting location traces. TraceViz employs dynamic queries and "brushing" to allow LBS designers to flexibly adjust their trajectory filter criteria to find location traces of interest. An evaluation performed with eight LBS designers and developers indicates that TraceViz is helpful for rapidly locating useful traces and also highlights areas for future improvement.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMobileHCI'12 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Pages345-348
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Oct 2012
Event2012 14th ACM International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI'12 - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: 21 Sep 201224 Sep 2012

Publication series

NameMobileHCI'12 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Conference

Conference2012 14th ACM International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI'12
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period21/09/1224/09/12

Keywords

  • Capture and playback
  • Design tools
  • Direct manipulation
  • Information visualization
  • Location-based services

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