Phone creates interactive maps from snapshots

Cellphones that add interactive information to printed maps could soon provide a simple way to find local points of interest, according to New Scientist.

"Researchers have created a system that processes a snapshot of a printed map, captured on cameraphone, and forwards an interactive version of the same map back to the handset.

"If someone is out walking and reaches a town, they'll be able to simply point their phone at the map and find out places they could go for lunch, or other information not on the map,"says Paul Lewis, of Southampton University in the UK, who developed the system with colleague Jonathan Hare."

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