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ArticleKAUST Department
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) DivisionComputer Science Program
Visual Computing Center (VCC)
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2014-06-01Online Publication Date
2014-06-01Print Publication Date
2014-05Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/575711
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We present a novel framework for the automatic generation of tourist brochures that include routing instructions and additional information presented in the form of so-called detail lenses. The first contribution of this paper is the automatic creation of layouts for the brochures. Our approach is based on the minimization of an energy function that combines multiple goals: positioning of the lenses as close as possible to the corresponding region shown in an overview map, keeping the number of lenses low, and an efficient numbering of the lenses. The second contribution is a route-aware simplification of the graph of streets used for traveling between the points of interest (POIs). This is done by reducing the graph consisting of all shortest paths through the minimization of an energy function. The output is a subset of street segments that enable traveling between all the POIs without considerable detours, while at the same time guaranteeing a clutter-free visualization. © 2014 The Author(s) Computer Graphics Forum © 2014 The Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Citation
Birsak, M., Musialski, P., Wonka, P., & Wimmer, M. (2014). Automatic generation of tourist brochures. Computer Graphics Forum, 33(2), 449–458. doi:10.1111/cgf.12333Sponsors
We thank Matthias Bernhard and Michael Hecher for discussions, all participants of the user studies for time and patience, and the anonymous reviewers for valuable comments. This work was funded by the FWF, project no. P23237-N23.Publisher
WileyJournal
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