TravelScope: standing on the shoulders of dedicated travelers

In this paper, we propose a system called TravelScope that helps users experience virtual tours by presenting information mined from user-generated travelogues and photos. The system can (1) recommend popular places for a given region; (2) characterize comprehensive aspects (e.g., landmarks, styles, activities) for a location; and (3) show representative images for a landmark. A novel user interface is designed to provide a better user experience, by organizing both the textual and visual information generated by dedicated travelers in an attractive way. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.3 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Information Search and Retrieval – information filtering. H.5.3 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Group and Organization Interfaces – organizational design, Web-based interaction. General Terms Algorithms, Design, Experimentation Keywords Virtual tour, travelogue mining, location extraction

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: MM
• Authors: Qiang Hao, Rui Cai, Jiang-Ming Yang, Rong Xiao, Like Liu, Shuo Wang, Lei Zhang
• Keywords: Characterize Comprehensive Aspects, Experience Virtual Tours, MM 2009, Multimedia, Virtual Tour