Re: CyberGuide Request for Proposal

Mike Pinkerton (mpinkert@cc.gatech.edu)
14 Oct 96 12:45:45 -0400

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>I'd like to see you take Cyberguide outside to enable a tour of
Atlanta
>using GPS and an interactive, scalable, rotatable vector map. I'd
like the
>system to be able to register where I am currently located and in
what
>direction I am heading. You can zoom in and out on the map with
ease. If
>you indicate a destination, Cyberguide will produce a recommended
route
>of
>how to get there from where you are currently located and scale the
map
>to
>include your current location and the destination on the same screen.

Kirk

We already have a prototype of such a system, named CyBARguide. It
cotains a simple, zoomable street map of atlanta at multiple detail
levels and allows users to locate bars in Atlanta (and who said grad
students don't have any fun, eh?).

With current Newton technology, a rotatable vector map is not really
possible, though with the StrongARM chips making their debut in the
next few months, the Newton will have more processing power than that
Pentium thing and we will be able to realize more complicated maps
like what you are suggesting.

I can try to give you a demo of CyBARguide if you would like, though
it is only an initial prototype (it works, but only limited
information/maps are entered into the system).

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<X-FONTSIZE><PARAM>12</PARAM><FONTFAMILY><PARAM>Geneva</PARAM>>I'd 
like to see you take Cyberguide outside to enable a tour of Atlanta


>using GPS and an interactive, scalable, rotatable vector map.  I'd
like the


>system to be able to register where I am currently located and in
what


>direction I am heading.  You can zoom in and out on the map with
ease.  If


>you indicate a destination, Cyberguide will produce a recommended
route


>of


>how to get there from where you are currently located and scale the
map


>to


>include your current location and the destination on the same screen.




Kirk




We already have a prototype of such a system, named CyBARguide. It
cotains a simple, zoomable street map of atlanta at multiple detail
levels and allows users to locate bars in Atlanta (and who said grad
students don't have any fun, eh?). 




With current Newton technology, a rotatable vector map is not really
possible, though with the StrongARM chips making their debut in the
next few months, the Newton will have more processing power than that
Pentium thing and we will be able to realize more complicated maps
like what you are suggesting.</FONTFAMILY></X-FONTSIZE><X-FONTSIZE><PAR=
AM>12</PARAM><FONTFAMILY><PARAM>Geneva</PARAM>




I can try to give you a demo of CyBARguide if you would like, though
it is only an initial prototype (it works, but only limited
information/maps are entered into the system).</FONTFAMILY></X-FONTSIZE=
><X-FONTSIZE><PARAM>12</PARAM><FONTFAMILY><PARAM>Geneva</PARAM>





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