Abstract
Geospatial information is critical to effective, collaborative decision-making during emergency management situations; however conventional GIS are not suited for multi-user access and high-level abstract queries. Currently, decision makers do not always have the real time information they need; GIS analysts produce maps at the request of individual decision makers, often leading to overlapping requests with slow delivery times. In order to overcome these limitations, a paradigm shift in interface design for GIS is needed. The research reported upon here attempts to overcome analyst-driven, menu-controlled, keyboard and mouse operated GIS by designing a multimodal, multi-user GIS interface that puts geospatial data directly in the hands of decision makers. A large screen display is used for data visualization, and collaborative, multi-user interactions in emergency management are supported through voice and gesture recognition. Speech and gesture recognition is coupled with a knowledge-based dialogue management system for storing and retrieving geospatial data. This paper describes the first prototype and the insights gained for human-centered multimodal GIS interface design.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the ACM Workshop on Advances in Geographic Information Systems |
Editors | A. Voisard, S. Chen |
Pages | 119-124 |
Number of pages | 6 |
State | Published - 2002 |
Event | Tenth ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems - McLean, VA, United States Duration: Nov 8 2002 → Nov 9 2002 |
Other
Other | Tenth ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | McLean, VA |
Period | 11/8/02 → 11/9/02 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Computer Science