TY - GEN
T1 - Digital trail libraries
AU - Morris, Scott
AU - Morris, Alan
AU - Barnard, Kobus
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - We propose the idea of an online, user submitted digital library of recreation trails. Digital libraries of trails offer advantages over paper guidebooks in that they are more accurate, dynamic and not limited to the experience of the author(s). The basic representation of a trail is a GPS track log, recorded as recreators travel on trails. As users complete trips, the GPS track logs of their trips are submitted to the central library voluntarily. A major problem is that track logs will overlap and intersect each other. We present a method for the combination of overlapping and intersecting GPS track logs to create a network of GPS trails. Each trail segment in the network can then be characterized by automatic and manual means, producing a digital library of trails. We also describe the TopoFusion system which creates, manages and visualizes GPS data, including GPS networks.
AB - We propose the idea of an online, user submitted digital library of recreation trails. Digital libraries of trails offer advantages over paper guidebooks in that they are more accurate, dynamic and not limited to the experience of the author(s). The basic representation of a trail is a GPS track log, recorded as recreators travel on trails. As users complete trips, the GPS track logs of their trips are submitted to the central library voluntarily. A major problem is that track logs will overlap and intersect each other. We present a method for the combination of overlapping and intersecting GPS track logs to create a network of GPS trails. Each trail segment in the network can then be characterized by automatic and manual means, producing a digital library of trails. We also describe the TopoFusion system which creates, manages and visualizes GPS data, including GPS networks.
KW - Digital Trail Libraries
KW - GPS
KW - GPS Networks
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U2 - 10.1145/996350.996367
DO - 10.1145/996350.996367
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:4944248116
SN - 1581138326
SN - 9781581138320
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM IEEE International Conference on Digital Libraries, JCDL 2004
SP - 63
EP - 71
BT - Proceedings of the Fourth ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries; Global Reach and Diverse Impact, JCDL 2004
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - Proceedings of the Fourth ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries; Global reach and Diverse Impact, JCDL 2004
Y2 - 7 June 2004 through 11 June 2004
ER -