Exploring hierarchically organized georeferenced multimedia annotations in the MobiTOP system

• Main Authors: KIM, Thi Nhu Quynh, RAZIKIN, Khasfariyati, GOH, Dion Hoe-Lian, THENG, Yin Leng, NGUYEN, Quang Minh, LIM, Ee-peng, SUN, Aixin, CHANG, Chew Hung, CHATTERJEA, Kalyani
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4198; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5201/viewcontent/Exploring_Hierarchically_Organized_Georeferenced_M.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We introduce MobiTOP, a map-based interface for accessing hierarchically organized georeferenced annotations. Each annotation contains multimedia content associated with a location, and users are able to annotate existing annotations, in effect creating a hierarchy. MobiTOPs interface was designed using a participatory design methodology to ensure that the user interface meets the needs of potential users. A pilot study to compare the MobiTOP interface with a space-filling thumbnail (SFT) interface suggested that participants preferred the MobiTOP design for accessing annotations even though the SFT interface was conceptually easier to understand resources.