Advances in Visual Information Systems
Subtitle: 4th International Conference, VISUAL 2000, Lyon, France, November 2-4, 2000 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 27, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 542
ISBN-13: 9783540411772
Subjects: Databases & data structures; Image processing; Pattern recognition; Multi-Media Hardware & Software; Data Transmission Systems - General; Digital Image Processing; Computers; Computers - General Information; Interactive & Multimedia; Computer Books: General; Information display systems; Database Management - General; Computer Engineering; Computer Graphics - General; Computers / Information Technology; Visual Information; image engineering; image retrieval; Congresses
First sentence: Maps are widely used to present spatial/temporal information to serve as a guide, or an index, so that the viewer of the map can obtain certain desired information.
Description: Presently, in our world, visual information dominates. The turn of the millenium marks the age of visual information systems. Enabled by picture sensors of all kinds turning digital, visual information will not only enhance the value of existing information, it will also open up a new horizon of previously untapped information sources. There is a huge demand for visual information access from the consumer. As well, the handling of visual information is boosted by the rapid increase of hardware and Internet capabilities. Advanced technology for visual information systems is more urgently needed than ever before: not only new computational methods to retrieve, index, compress and uncover pictorial information, but also new metaphors to organize user interfaces. Also, new ideas and algorithms are needed which allow access to very large databases of digital pictures and videos. Finally we should not forget new systems with visual interfaces integrating the above components into new types of image, video or multimedia databases and hyperdocuments. All of these technologies will enable the construction of systems that are radically different from conventional information systems. Many novel issues will need to be addressed: query formulation for pictorial information, consistency management thereof, indexing and assessing the quality of these systems. Historically, the expression Visual Information Systems can be understood either as a system for image information or as visual system for any kind information.