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One of the important problems for handling information retrieval in Internet is to create efficient and powerful visualization mechanisms for the browsing process. One promising way to solve the visualization problem is to map each candidate data object into a location in three-dimensional (3D) space using a proper distance definition. In this paper, we will introduce the functions and organization of a system to achieve an efficient browsing process in 3D information search space. It has the following major functions:
(1) Calculation of the location of the data objects in 2D space using the given distance definition.
(2) Construction of 3D browsing space by combining 2D spaces, in order to find the required data objects easily.
(3) Generation of the oblique views of 3D browsing space and data objects by reducing the overlap of data objects in order to make navigation easy for the user in 3D space.
Examples of this system applied to book, web and slide data are shown.
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Kakimoto, T., Kambayashi, Y. (1999). Reduction of Object Overlap in Three-Dimensional Browsing Space for Internet Data. In: Hui, L.C.K., Lee, DL. (eds) Internet Applications. ICSC 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1749. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46652-9_12
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