NomaticBubbles: visualizing communal whereabouts

This paper describes the design of the NomaticBubbles, a visualization that provides cues of communal whereabouts. Unlike most location displays showing whereabouts on a geographical map, the NomaticBubbles depicts historical and aggregate traces cipants' whereabouts in an abstract and ambiguous manner. We describe the design of the NomaticBubbles, and discuss some early experiences and feedback we got, as well as future work. Keywords Location, awareness, social visualization, social computing, design ACM Classification Keywords H5.m. Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI): Miscellaneous.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Xianghua Ding, Donald J. Patterson
• Keywords: ACM Classification Keywords, CHI 2008, Communal Whereabouts, Displays Showing Whereabouts, Human Computer Interaction