Mapping news: The service of complementing information visualization based on the interface of Google Map
Ningjing Ma · 2012
This paper firstly analyzes the theory of information visualization, and then based on the interface of Google Map proposing a way to convert text news to graphic news. Focusing on the location of each pieces of news, this web service may give a brief way for the audience to acquire today's or this hour's news (decided by the editor) separately with a virtual world map and provide the news media a useful functionality for their readers. After that, a practical demo is used to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed scheme.