J.-Y. Zheng∗ and X. Wang∗
Multimedia system, internet service, GIS, city navigation, route panorama, streaming media
This paper introduces an application of route panoramas (RP) in geospatial information visualization. An RP is a long image archiving scenes along a street. We model large geospatial areas such as a town with RPs at a more detailed level than a road map. This paper focuses on the indexing, transmission, and visualization of scenes. The pervasively embedded view-to-space links in the RPs guide transition to detailed spaces. We stream RPs on the Internet in response to the viewer’s interaction in virtual city traversing. Various visualization styles of the RP are designed for city guidance on different platforms. Combined with other image media, viewers can look around, traverse a grid of routes, and retrieve information associated to various locations.
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