Deep Map

Deep Map is a research framework that aims at building the prototype of an intelligent next generation spatial information system. Deep Map realizes the vision of a future tourist guidance system that works as a mobile guide and as a web-based planning tool. This long term research project addresses several challenging research aspects covering intelligent integration of information from different data sources and services including geographical information systems, multi-media databases, and interactive internet data sources such as reservation systems. On the basis of this complex information system the European Media Laboratory plans to build user interfaces that allow intuitive and easy access to information. Such a user interface including visual and natural language processing will be included into a mobile device that navigates the user through a city. Also virtual tours in a 3D-reconstructed city will be possible. In this paper, we present the current system that already covers a number of these aspects and demonstrates how tourists may be guided in the future.