Using context to navigate through a photo collection
Julien Pauty, Paul Couderc, Michel Banâtre · 2005
In this article we present an application to navigate through a photo collection, using context. This application proposes two navigation schemes: physical and virtual navigation. Physical navigation permits the user to seamlessly access to photos that were taken near him. Virtual navigation permits the user to virtually explore the surroundings by jumping from one photo to another.This application relies on a definition of context which is based on a notion of proximity. Proximity can be determined according to one or several dimensions. For example, with this definition the user's context can be represented by the photos that were taken near him during a precise period like the Second World War. Such a context permits the user to physically navigate the photo collection nowadays and to get photos of the surroundings that were taken during another time period. Our application offers other services, such as temporal navigation to get different views of a place, route planing or virtually entering into closed buildings.