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Colloquium
| Category | Lecture |
| Date | Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
| Time | 11:00 am |
| Location | Gould-Simpson 906 |
| Details | Light refreshments in 9th floor atrium area at 10:50 a.m. |
| Speaker | Martin Noellenburg |
| Title | Assistant Professor |
| Affiliation | Karlsruhe University - Germany |
Label Placement in Dynamic Maps
Abstract: The problem of optimally placing textual labels in geographic maps has been studied in computational geometry and cartography for more than 20 years. Still, the focus was mostly on static maps. Only recently, with today's technological advancements, new labeling problems arise in dynamic maps that enable the user to zoom and pan. We present an algorithmic approach for optimally labeling point features under zooming and panning operations. We use the boundary labeling model, in which labels are placed on the boundary of the map. Corresponding points and labels are connected by rectilinear one-bend curves called leaders.