Sharing hierarchical mobile multimedia content using the MobiTOP system

• Main Authors: NGUYEN, Quang Minh, KIM, Thi Nhu Quynh, GOH, Dion Hoe-Lian, LIM, Ee-peng, THENG, Yin-Leng, CHATTERJEA, Kalyani, CHANG, Chew-Hung, SUN, Aixin, RAZIKIN, Khasfariyati
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Tagging; Hierarchical geo-referenced annotations; Mobile user interface; Participatory design; Information sharing; Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4197; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5200/viewcontent/Sharing_Hierarchical_Mobile_Multimedia_Content_Usi.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We introduce MobiTOP (Mobile Tagging of Objects and People), a map-based application which allows users to contribute and share geo-referenced multimedia annotations via mobile devices. An important feature of MobiTOP is that annotations are hierarchical, allowing annotations to be annotated to an arbitrary depth. MobiTOP's interface was designed using a participatory design methodology to ensure that the user interface meets the needs of potential users. In an evaluation, a group of student-teachers involved in a geographical field study were tasked to collaboratively identify rock formations using the MobiTOP system. The students who were in the field were guided by their lab counterparts on the tasks required to identify the rock formations. Results suggest the potential of the MobiTOP system for information sharing.