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Dialogue-Assisted Visual Environment for Geoinformation
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<p>The Dialogue-Assisted Visual Environment for Geoinformation (DAVE_G) is an <a href="/facts/User_interface/e9sPEWVD">interface</a> to the <a href="/facts/Geographic_Information_System/PoP1kVoa">GIS</a> system that allows people to use <a href="/facts/Gesture/fs7HV1Y6">gestures</a> and voice commands to retrieve <a href="/facts/Cartography/8YdDAAeX">maps</a>. It is being developed by researchers from <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania_State_University/WMQagtjM">Pennsylvania State University</a>. The interface is still in its <a href="/facts/Prototype/q0yPLYdb">prototype</a> stage but the first generation of the software can already zoom into an area requested by the user, as well as display information about local landmarks, <a href="/facts/Hospital/WaryeVJd">hospitals</a>, emergency shelters, and <a href="/facts/Flood/FDQjJeXW">flooded</a> areas. The software currently uses text displayed on a <a href="/facts/Computer_terminal/fSlx05qV">terminal</a> to respond to users' input or to ask for confirmation, but eventually it is planned to use speech to respond. As of 2005<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dialogue-Assisted_Visual_Environment_for_Geoinformation&action=edit">[update]</a>, the team of researchers who developed DAVE_G were preparing a demonstration of the system for the <a href="/facts/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey/KjQdrqjD">Port Authority of New York and New Jersey</a> that would help the agency to deal with spills of oil or hazardous chemicals. </p>