Labeling streets in interactive maps using embedded labels
Nadine Schwartges, Alexander Wolff, Jan‐Henrik Haunert · 2014
We consider the problem of labeling linear objects (such as streets) in interactive maps where the user can pan, zoom, and rotate continuously. Our labels contain text (such as street names). They are embedded into the objects they label, i.e., they follow the curvature of the objects, they do not move with respect to the map background, but they scale in order to maintain constant size on the screen. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work that deals with curved labels in interactive maps.