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Two New Gestures to Zoom: Enhancing Online Maps Services

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WWW '15 Companion: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on World Wide Web

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2740908.2742823

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Online services such as Google Maps or Open Street Maps allow the exploration of maps on smartphones and tablets. The gestures used are the pinch to adjust the zoom level and the drag to move the map. In this paper, two new gestures to adjust the zoom level of maps are presented. Both gestures with slight differences allow the identification of a target area to zoom, which is enlarged automatically up to cover the whole map container. The proposed gestures are added to the traditional ones (drag, pinch and flick) without any overlap. Therefore, users do not need to change their regular practices. They have just two more options to control the zoom level. One of the most relevant and appreciated advantages has to do with the gesture for smartphones (Tap&Tap): this allows users to control the zoom level with just one hand. The traditional pinch gesture, instead, needs two hands. According to the test results on new gestures in comparison with the traditional pinch, 30% of time is saved on tablets (Two-Finger-Tap gesture) whereas 14% on smartphones (Tap&Tap gesture).

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Two New Gestures to Zoom: Enhancing Online Maps Services
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
      1. Integrated and visual development environments

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WWW '15 Companion: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on World Wide Web

May 2015

1602 pages

ISBN:9781450334730

DOI:10.1145/2740908

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Aldo Gangemi
National Research Council, Italy & Paris 13 University-CNRS, France
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Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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Savino GSturdee MRundé SLohmeier CHecht BPrandi CNunes NSchöning J(2020)MapRecorder: analysing real-world usage of mobile map applicationsBehaviour & Information Technology10.1080/0144929X.2020.171473340:7(646-662)Online publication date: 12-Feb-2020
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