Route Visualization Using Detail Lenses

—We present a method designed to address some limitations of typical route map displays of driving directions. The main goal of our system is to generate a printable version of a route map that shows the overview and detail views of the route within a single, consistent visual frame. Our proposed visualization provides a more intuitive spatial context than a simple list of turns. We present a novel multi-focus technique to achieve this goal, where the foci are defined by points-of-interest (POI) along the route. A detail lens that encapsulates the POI at a finer geospatial scale is created for each focus. The lenses are laid out on the map to avoid occlusion with the route and each other, and to optimally utilize the free space around the route. We define a set of layout metrics to evaluate the quality of a lens layout for a given route map visualization. We compare standard lens layout methods to our proposed method and demonstrate the effectiveness of our method in generating ae...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: TVCG
• Authors: Pushpak Karnick, David Cline, Stefan Jeschke, Anshuman Razdan, Peter Wonka
• Keywords: Lens Layout, Route Map, Route Map Displays, TVCG 2010