Towards a framework for geospatial tangible user interfaces in collaborative urban planning

Valérie Maquil (), Ulrich Leopold (), Luís Moreira Sousa (), Lou Schwartz () and Eric Tobias ()
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Valérie Maquil: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Ulrich Leopold: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Luís Moreira Sousa: ISRIC - World Soil Information
Lou Schwartz: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Eric Tobias: Lycée des Arts et Métiers

Journal of Geographical Systems, 2018, vol. 20, issue 2, No 5, 185-206

Abstract: Abstract The increasing complexity of urban planning projects today requires new approaches to better integrate stakeholders with different professional backgrounds throughout a city. Traditional tools used in urban planning are designed for experts and offer little opportunity for participation and collaborative design. This paper introduces the concept of geospatial tangible user interfaces (GTUI) and reports on the design and implementation as well as the usability of such a GTUI to support stakeholder participation in collaborative urban planning. The proposed system uses physical objects to interact with large digital maps and geospatial data projected onto a tabletop. It is implemented using a PostGIS database, a web map server providing OGC web services, the computer vision framework reacTIVision, a Java-based TUIO client, and GeoTools. We describe how a GTUI has be instantiated and evaluated within the scope of two case studies related to real world collaborative urban planning scenarios. Our results confirm the feasibility of our proposed GTUI solutions to (a) instantiate different urban planning scenarios, (b) support collaboration, and (c) ensure an acceptable usability.

Keywords: Geographical information systems; Human computer interaction; Geospatial tangible user interfaces; Interactive tabletops; Collaborative urban planning; Participatory urban planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C65 C69 C88 C92 Q21 Q40 Q48 R12 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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