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Abstract
Solving the “Screen Real Estate Problem” with Pliable Display Technology
Track: New Technology and Technology Integration
Author(s): David J. Baar
When viewing GIS data sets, GIS users are presented with the challenge of viewing large coverage areas and high-information density on a limited size screen. Although there is frequently a need to view sufficient levels of detail in given regions of interest, conventional magnification tools, such as zoom, pan, and inset views, result in productivity inefficiencies and make it hard to remain aware of the surrounding context and navigational cues that make up the “big picture” of the data set. GIS users get lost and waste valuable time in the typical processes of “zooming in” to view details of interest, “zooming out” to regain a previous or big picture view, or panning to view new regions. Inset views are also highly problematic in that they hide information and break visual continuity with the surrounding context outside the area of interest. IDELIX Software Inc. is introducing Pliable Display Technology (PDT), now available to the GIS industry, as a unique solution to the “screen real estate problem." PDT provides true “detail-in-context” viewing and editing tools, enabling the user to see regions of interest in detail without losing the view of the larger data set and the important navigational cues provided by it. Examples will be presented that illustrate uses of Pliable Display Technology within ArcView on representative GIS data.
David J. Baar
IDELIX Software Inc.
400, 1122 Mainland St.
Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 5L1
Canada
Phone: 604-656-6300
Fax: 604-656-6300
E-mail: davebaar@idelix.com