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The Big Picture(sm):
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge that we have lost in information?"T.S. Eliot, The Rock (1934) pt.1
Visual Browsing in Web and non-Web Databases
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, California, USA
Product NameHotSauce (ProjectX)
Product SummaryHotSauce "is a 3D information navigation system that allows users to effortlessly explore Internet or intranet websites and desktop content. The 3D interface greatly improves web navigation by making the structure of Web content immediately apparent to users."
Underlying this user interface is Meta Content Format technology (MCF), "an open standard (file) format used to represent a wide range of information about content." "As HTML is to the displayed page, MCF is to structured content." It describes information that can include "Web pages, gopher and ftp files, email, and structured databases, making their content available through a variety of views. MCF is both platform and application independent."
HotSauce is a plug-in currently available only for Macintosh and Windows 95 browsers.
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://mcf.research.apple.com/hs/sites.html
ReferencesApple drives initiative to bring structured content to the Internet. Press release, Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, California, USA, September 18, 1996.
DEATHERAGE, M. HotSauce and Meta-Content Format. TidBITS 355, November 25, 1996.
HotSauce FAQ, FAQ, Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, California, USA.
Welcome to HotSauce(sm) MCF: Fly Through the Internet with HotSauce, Product information, Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino ,California, USA.
GUHA, R.V. Meta Content Framework: A Whitepaper. Technical report, Draft, Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, California, USA.
RUBIN, R.S. HotSauce lets users fly through the Web. MacWEEK Gateways 10(36), September 23, 1996.
Drexel University, College of Information Science and Technology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Project NameSiteMap
Principal InvestigatorsXia Lin (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Project SummarySiteMap is a Java application that visualizes a given Web site or a collection of links. Through a Web robot, "SiteMap first traverses every link of the Web site, collects statistical data, and indexes all the words and pages of the site. Based on the statistical data and the indexing, SiteMap converts each page of the site into a vector, and uses these vectors to train a neural network. As the outcome, the trained neural network presents the site in an organized map: subject areas are identified and labeled; their sizes and locations are determined by relationships among the subjects and by their occurrence and co-occurrence frequencies. Links are clustered and located within their respective subject areas, represented by colored dots."
"To help users interact with the [resulting] map, SiteMap provides various interactive tools. For example, areas can be labeled in more/less details through adjusting a scroll bar; links can be selected through clicking or dragging; contents of any selected links can be shown in a separate window, etc."
A Java-enabled browser is required to view the sample SiteMaps.
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://lislin.gws.uky.edu/Sitemap/Sitemap.html
LIN, X. Map displays for information retrieval. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 48(1), 1997, 40-54.
LIN, X. Self-Organizing Semantic Maps as Graphical Interfaces for Information Retrieval. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Maryland at College Park, 1993.
LIN, X. Searching and browsing on map displays. In ASIS '95, Proceedings of the 58th ASIS Annual Meeting, Converging Technologies: Forging New Partnerships in Information, October 9-12, 1995, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
LIN, X. Visualization for the document space. In Proceedings, Visualization '92, October 19-23, 1992, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
LIN, X., SOERGEL, D., and MARCHIONINI, G. A Self-organizing semantic map for information retrieval. In SIGIR '91: Proceedings of the Fourteeth Annual International ACM/SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, October 13-16, 1991, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Eastgate Systems, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
Product NameWeb Squirrel
Principal InvestigatorMark Bernstein (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Project SummaryWeb Squirrel is a software tool that tracks and visualizes Internet and other electronic resources, notably Web URLs and e-mail. The Eastgate Web Squirrel creates information farms, a phrase coined by Cathy Marshall, Xerox PARC, and Frank Shipman of Texas A&M University, whose VIKI is an important influence on the design of Web Squirrel.
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://www.eastgate.com/squirrel/Farms.html
ReferencesEastgate Web Squirrel FAQs, FAQ, Eastgate Systems, Inc., Watertown, Massachuestts, USA.
BERNSTEIN, M. Enactment in Information Farming. In Hypertext'93, the Fifth ACM Conference on Hypertext : Proceedings, November 14-18,1993, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing, Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Project NameNavigation View Builder
Principal InvestigatorSougata Mukherjea (email@example.com)
Project SummaryThe Navigational View Builder is "a tool which allows the user to interactively create useful visualizations of the information space. It uses four strategies to form effective views. These are binding, clustering, filtering and hierarchization. These strategies use a combination of structural and content analysis of the underlying space for forming the visualizations."
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Phd/sougata/Nvb.html
ReferencesMUKHERJEA, S. Visualizing the Information Space of Hypermedia Systems. Thesis (Ph.D.), Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996.
MUKHERJEA, S. and FOLEY, J.D. Visualizing the World-Wide Web with the Navigational View Builder. Paper presented at Technology, Tools and Applications, The Third International World Wide Web Conference, April 10-14, 1995, Darmstadt, Germany. Computer Networks and ISDN Systems 27, 1995,1075-1087.
MUKHERJEA, S., FOLEY, J.D. and HUDSON, S. Visualizing complex hypermedia networks through multiple hierarchical views. In Human Factors in Computing Systems: Mosaic of Creativity: CHI'95 Conference Proceedings, May 7-11, 1995, Denver, Colorado, USA.
German National Research Center for Information Technology GmbH, Integrated Publication and Information Systems Institute, Content-based, User-oriented information Interfaces Division, Visual Interaction Tools Department, Darmstadt, Germany
Project NameLyberWorld
Principal InvestigatorMatthias Hemmje (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Project Summary...[T]he objective of the LyberWorld research project ... [is] to develop novel, intuitively usable visual user interfaces, which significantly reduce the cognitive load of the user when working with database and information retrieval systems."
"In an experimental application prototype, the probabilistic information retrieval system INQUERY has been enhanced with such an interface. The resulting visual information system is currently running with several full-text databases. CORDIS publication database contains 800 ... abstracts of scientific publications and project descriptions of European research projects."
"The visualization user interface is designed on the basis of several agent based tools for the three-dimensional graphical visualizations of the retrieved/stored information structures and the information dialogue itself. It provides users with intuitive control over their present search state, relevance of retrieved information items and potential further steps at any stage of the visual information dialogue. Therefore users are continuously in control of their 'positions' in the searched information 'space'."
"For reaching this goal the content space of the database/the retrieval session has to be visualized. This is done by means of Search Trees, Relevance Speres and Terminology Surfaces. The content space of a visualized fulltext database contains term items and document items. They can easily be distinguished because of their different colours (blue and red respectively). By maneuvring through the visualized content relations, users can search through all potentially relevant text documents without having to read them completely or to contrive search terms of their own. After gathering all potentially interesting documents in the Search Tree, the Relevance Sphere visualization is used to visually cluster information spaces and to determine the set of most relevant documents, i.e. the result kernel of the search."
The LyberWorld INQUERY based "retrieval mechanism will be updated with an integrated HTML parsing functionalty to enable the prototype to become a complete visual Webreader."
The relevance sphere and the spiral tree have been ported from SGI-only versions to Windows 95 and Windows NT environments. These are currently being converted into an Active-X-Control that will support VRML export and plans call for this functionality to be available in Fall 1998.
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://www-cui.darmstadt.gmd.de/visit/People/hemmje/Activities/Lyberworld/
ReferencesHEMMJE, M. LyberWorld - A 3D graphical user interface for fulltext retrieval. In Human Factors in Computing Systems: Mosaic of Creativity: CHI'95 Conference Proceedings, May 7-11, 1995, Denver, Colorado, USA.
HEMMJE, M., KUNKEL, C., and WILLETT, A. LyberWorld - A visualization user interface supporting fulltext retrieval. In SIGIR'94: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual International ACM-SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, July 3-6, 1994, Dublin, Ireland.
Helsinki University of Technology, Neural Networks Research Centre, Helsinki, Finland
Project NameWEBSOM: Self-Organizing Map for Internet Exploration
Principal InvestigatorTeuvo Kohonen (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Project SummaryWEBSOM is a means for organizing miscellaneous text documents into meaningful maps for exploration and search. WEBSOM is based on SOM (Self-Organizing Map) that automatically organizes documents into a two-dimensional grid so that related documents appear close to each other.
The Self-Organizing Map (SOM), developed by Kohonen and colleagues at the Helsinki University of Technology, "is a general unsupervised learning algorithm for analyzing and visualizing high-dimensional statistical data." "It is one of the most widespread artificial neural network models used in application areas such as process monitoring, image analysis, telecommunications, and categorization of economic data."
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://websom.hut.fi/websom/
ReferencesBibliography on the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) and Learning Vector Quantization (LVQ). Bibliography. Prepared and maintained by the Neural Networks Research Centre, Laboratory of Computer and Information Science, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland.
HONKELA, T., KASKI, S., LAGUS, K. and KOHONEN, T. Newsgroup Exploration with WEBSOM Method and Browsing Interface. Technical report, Technical Report A32, Laboratory of Computer and Information Science, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland, USA. January 1996.
HONKELA, T., KASKI, S., LAGUS, K. and KOHONEN, T. Self-organizing maps of document collections. alma 2, 1996.
KOHONEN, T. The self-organizing map. Proceedings of the IEEE 78(9): 1464-1480.
KOHONEN, T. Self-Organizing Maps. Springer, Berlin, 1995. (Springer series in Information Sciences 30).
KOHONEN, T., HYNNINEN, J., KANGAS, J. and LAAKSONEN, J.. SOM_PAK: The Self-Organizing Map Program Package. Version 3.1 (April 7, 1995). Computer software, Technical Report A31, Laboratory of Computer and Information Science, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland.
LAGUS, K., HONKELA, KASKI, S., and KOHONEN, T. Self-organizing maps of document collections: a new appraoch to interactive exploration. In KDD-96, Proceedings, Second International Conference on Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining, August 2-4, 1996, Portland, Oregon, USA, 1996.
Inxight Software, Inc, Palo Alto, California, USA
Product/Service NameInformation Visualization Technologies
PrincipalInXight Software, Inc. (email@example.com)
Product SummaryThis site profiles three information visualization technologies developed and refined at the Xerox PARC research centers and describes potential commercial applications.
Demonstration or Prototype AccessHyperbolic Tree(tm)
- Hyperbolic Tree
- Perspective Wall
- Table Lens
- Cone Tree
ReferencesCARD, S.K., ROBERTSON, G.G., and MACKINLAY, J.D. The Information Visualizer: an information workspace. In Human Factors in Computing Systems: Reaching Through Technology: CHI'91 Conference Proceedings, April 27-May 2, 1991, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
LAMPING, J., RAO, R. and PIROLLI, P. A focus+context technique based on hyperbolic geometry for visualizing large hierarchies. In Human Factors in Computing Systems: Mosaic of Creativity: CHI'95 Conference Proceedings, May 7-11, 1995, Denver, Colorado, USA.
MACKINLAY, J.D. ROBERTSON, G.G. and CARD, S.K. The Perspective Wall: detail and context smoothly integrated. In Human Factors in Computing Systems: Reaching Through Technology: CHI'91 Conference Proceedings, April 27-May 2, 1991, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
RAO, R. From research to real world with Z-GUI. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 17(4), July/August 1997, 71-73
MicroSoft(tm) Corporation, Redmond, Washington, USA
ContactMicroSoft Offices Worldwide (http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/)
Product Summary"Microsoft(tm) SiteServer provides a comprehensive set of server features and management tools that enable you to rapidly develop and deploy Web content, deliver personalized content, manage site consistency and integrity, and analyze usage patterns to continuously improve the site based on visitor behavior and changing business requirements."
SiteServer includes two site management tools, Usage Analyst and Site Analyst. Site Analyst is based in NetCarta's WebMapper which provides for the creation of a visual map of a Web site by presentation as a Cyberbolic View, a hyberbolic visualization technique.
SiteServer also includes a web-mapping function through its WebMap feature, a function that "provides a visual representation of a site that can be used for navigation, site analysis, and site maintenance."
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://cnet.com/Content/Reviews/JustIn/Screenshots/0,119,167-1-0-0,00.html
ReferencesMicroSoft(tm) SiteServer, Site Analyst Technical Details, Product Information, MicroSoft(tm) Corporation, Redmond, Washington, USA.
MITRE Corporation, USA
Project NameHyperspace View
Principal InvestigatorNahum Gershon (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Project SummaryHyperspace View is an enhancement to NCSA Mosaic that enables users to view resources linked within a Web site as a visual 'tree' structure and to "modify visually and interactively the links among [Web] documents and images using a point-click-and-drag operation on the display of the hyperlink hierarchical structure. This enhancement allows the user to effectively generate new, personalized links and to (visually) view the new and 'old' information globally and locally." " The new hyperlinks are stored at the end of the documents ...".
ReferencesGERSHON, N., WINSTEAD, J., LEVASSEUR, J., CROALL, J., PERNICK, A. and RUH, W. Visualizing World Wide Web information resources. Paper presented at CIKM'95 Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and Manipulation, December 2, 1995, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
GERSHON, N., LEVASSEUR, J., WINSTEAD, J., CROALL, J., PERNICK, A. and RUH, W. Case Study: Visualizing Internet resources. In Proceedings, Information Visualization, October 30-31, 1995, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, c1995.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Information Technology Department, Richland, Washington, USA
Project NameSPIRE(tm) (Spatial Paradigm for Information Retrieval and Exploration)
Principal InvestigatorJames J. Thomas (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Project SummarySPIRE" allows users to explore complex relationships between text documents. A collection of visual and interaction tools, SPIRE graphically displays images based on word similarities and themes in text. No prior knowledge of the information or selection of themes or topics is required. SPIRE creates its visualizations by processing these similarities into the key topic and themes and organizing the data into visual representations that allow the user to explore and discover relationships between text documents."
"Two technologies within SPIRE, Galaxies and Themescape, provide natural visual metaphors requiring little training to use. Galaxies computes word similarities and patterns in documents and then displays the documents on a computer screen to look like a universe of "docustars." Closely related documents will cluster together in a tight group while unrelated documents will be separated by large spaces. In Themescape, themes within the document spaces appear on the computer screen as a relief map of natural terrain. The mountains in Themescape indicate where themes are dominant; valleys indicate weak themes. Their shapes--a broad butte or high pinnacle--reflect how the thematic information is distributed and related across documents. Themes close in content will be close visually based on the many relationships within the text spaces."
Demonstration or Prototype Access
ReferencesTHOMAS, J.J. Information visualization: beyond traditional engineering. Paper presented at the Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Virtual Environments, April 26-27, 1995, Hampton, Virginia, USA. In Human-Computer Interaction and Virtual Environments, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1995. (NASA Conference publication 3320).
WISE, J.A., J.R., THOMAS, J.J., PENNOCK, K., LANTRIP, D., POTTIER, M., SCHUR, A. and CROW, V. Visualizing the non-visual: spatial analysis and interaction with information from text documents. In Proceedings, Information Visualization, October 30-31, 1995, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, c1995.
Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, California, USA
Project Namefsn
Principal InvestigatorJoel Tesler (email@example.com)
Project Summary"fsn (pronounced 'fusion') is a file system navigator in cyberspace. It lays out the directorys in a hierarchy with each directory represented by a pedestal. The height of the pedestal is proportional to the size of the files in the directory. The directories are connected by wires, on which it is possible to travel. On top of each directory are boxes representing individual files. The height of the box represents the size of the file, while the color represents the age".
"fsn is intended as an investigation in information landscape navigation. Although the file system was chosen as a system to navigate through, similar paradigms could be applied to other trees and graphs, such as call graphs."
"fsn is a prototype and an experiment. It is neither a full featured product nor a replacmeent for [other] file system manager[s]...".
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://www.sgi.com/Fun/free/cool_sw_01.html
ReferencesROGERS, B., CUNNINGHAM, S., and HOLMES, G. Navigating the Virtual Library: A 3D Browsing Interface for Information Retrieval. Working paper, Work paper 94/10, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, July 1994.
TESLER, J. and STRASNICK, S. FSN: The 3D File System Navigator Technical report, Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, California, 1992.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Computer Science Department, Computer Graphics Laboratory, Lausanne, Switzerland
Project NameBED (Bookmarks Exploring Dabbler)
Principal InvestigatorSerge Rezzonico (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Project SummaryBED (Bookmarks Exploring Dabbler) is a prototype 3D bookmarks generator using VRML. The "generator reads a Netcape bookmarks file, parses it and generates a VRML file. A VRML browser can be used to visualize the scene and navigate through it."
"The 3D generator works best on bookmarks organized with menus, as opposed to the case where one has a long flat list of URLs. ... Submenus are also supported, with the limitation that starting from the third level of submenus they are all considered at the same level. It is advisable not to have one single submenu with many other submenus in it; instead, it is better to have different submenus directly in the main menu."
Demonstration or Prototype Access
ReferencesREZZONICO, S. and THALMANN, D. Browsing 3D bookmarks in BED. In WebNet96 Proceedings Online, October 15-19, 1996, San Francisco, California, USA
Technical University of Clausthal, Institute for Process and Production Control Techniques, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Project NameVineta
Principal InvestigatorUwe Krohn (email@example.com)
Project Summary"Vineta is a system prototype allowing navigation through bibliographic data without typing and revising keyword-based queries. [Its] approach to visualising documents and terms in navigational retrieval includes the representation of documents and terms as graphical objects, and dynamic positioning of these objects in the 3D navigational space. Users can navigate through this virtual navigation space examing individual documents and clusters at various levels of detail."
ReferencesKROHN, U. VINETA: Navigation through virtual information spaces. Paper presented at AVI '96, Advanced Visual Interfaces: An International Workshop, May 27-29, 1996, Gubbio, Italy.
KROHN, U. Vineta: visualizing navigational information retrieval. Paper presented at FADIVA 2, the Second International Workshop on Foundations of Advanced 3D Information Visualization, July 20-22, 1995, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
KROHN, U. Visualization of navigation retrieval in virtual information spaces. Paper presented at CIKM'95 Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and Manipulation, December 2, 1995, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
University of Arizona, Karl Eller Graduate School of Management, Management Information Systems, Tucson , Arizona, USA
Project NameEntertainmentSpace (ET-Space)
Principal InvestigatorHsinchun Chen (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Project Summary"EntertainmentSpace is a set of concept-based search tool developed by the Artificial Intelligence Group in the Management Information Systems Department at the University of Arizona."
ET-SPACE "contains a clickable self-organizing map (SOM) and a searchable entertainment concept space (thesaurus) both generated automatically using [a] DEC Alpha workstation. Users can use this server to identify specific areas in Entertainment and/or other relevant search terms when searching Entertainment servers or homepages."
Funded mainly by an NSF/CISE "Intelligent Internet Categorization and Search" project (1995-1998) and the NSF/ARPA/NASA Illinois Digital Library Initiative project (1994-1998).
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://ai.bpa.arizona.edu/Libraries/frame1_demos_1.html
ReferencesCHEN, H, SCHUFFELS, C. and ORWIG, R. Internet categorization and search: a self-organizing approach. Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation 7(1), 1996,88-102.
CHEN, H, HOUSTON, A.L., SEWELL, R.R. and SCHATZ, B.R.. Internet browsing and searching: user evaluation of category map and concept space techniques. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 49(7), May 1998,582-603.
University of Birmingham, School of Computing Science, Birmingham, UK
Project NameHyperSpace
Principal InvestigatorsRobert J. Hendley (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Nicholas S. Drew (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Andrew M. Wood (email@example.com)
Project SummaryNarcissus uses ... "self-organising systems and virtual reality to generate visualisations through which users can navigate and manipulate objects in the visualisation. The system is implemented as a process which communicates with applications (e.g. Web browsers and programming environments) using KQML," and provides a degree of application independence which permits it to work concurrently with several, possibily heterogeneous applications, facilitating collaborative work among users.
"The current model is loosely based upon physical systems with rules defining forces that act between the objects. These forces cause the objects to move in space." In the running model, objects migrate through space so that they are spatially close to other objects with which they are semantically related.
"The user can determine which relationships are active within the model and hence which relationships will be responsible for generating attractive forces between objects," and can also select individual objects and classes of objects which should be visible. The system can draw arcs to indicate relationships between objects and label objects with their attributes (e.g. URL).
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~nsd/
ReferencesDREW, N.S. and HENDLEY, R.J. Visualising complex interacting systems. Presentation prepared for Human Factors in Computing Systems: Mosaic of Creativity: CHI'95, May 7-11, 1995, Denver, Colorado, USA.
HENDLEY, B. and DREW, N. Visualisation of complex systems. Presentation prepared for HCI'95: People & Computers, August 29 - September 1, 1995, University of Huddersfield, UK.
HENDLEY, R.J., DREW, N.S., WOOD, A.M. and BEALE, R. Narcissus: visualising information. In Proceedings, Information Visualization, October 30-31, 1995, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, c1995.
WOOD, A., DREW, N., BEALE, R. and HENDLEY, B. HyperSpace: Web browsing with visualisation. Poster presented at Technology, Tools and Applications, the Third International World Wide Web Conference, April 10-14, 1995, Darmstadt, Germany.
University of Minnesota, Academic and Distributed Computing Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Project NameGODOT (GopherVR Organized Directories of Titles)
Principal InvestigatorsNeophytos Iacovou (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Mark P. McCahill (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Project Summary"GODOT (Gopher VR Organized Directories of Titles is a tool that creates spatial organization of an author's works. Using an ISO Z39.50-1994 client to connect to remote library catalogs, GODOT extracts an author's work in the form of USMARC bibliographic records." It then proceeds to format and classify the MARC records, creating an organization which can be browsed and searched. Users can explore the works of an author using both Gopher and Gopher VR clients. A Gopher client provides linear lists, while GopherVR visualizes the relationship and structure within these lists.
Demonstration or Prototype Accessgopher://boombox.micro.umn.edu:70/00/gopher/Unix/Godot/GODOT%20v0.1
MCCAHILL, M.P. and ERICKSON, T. Design of a 3D spatial user interface for Internet Gopher. In Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1995, Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 95-World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, June 17-21, 1995, Graz, Austria.
IACOVOU, N. and McCahill, M.P.GODOT: GopherVR Organized Directories of Titles. Paper presented at CIKM'95 Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and Manipulation, December 2, 1995, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
University of Nottingham, Department of Computer Science, Communications Research Group, Nottingham, UK
Project NameInternet Foyer
Principal InvestigatorsSteven D. Benford (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Project Summary"The Internet Foyer is an example of a mixed reality - an electronic meeting space which spans the physical and virtual worlds. The Internet Foyer involves the use of Collaborative Virtual Environment technology to create a navigable and populated 3-D visualisation of an organisation's WWW home pages."
"Using collaborative virtual reality software, people can enter a specific Internet Foyer from anywhere over the Internet. Once inside, they can navigate the 3-D visualisation, selecting pages of interest. They are also made aware of the presence of other VR users and are able to communicate with them using live audio links in much the same way as they would be if they encountered them in a normal foyer in a physical buidling. In addition, they are made aware of the presence of users of more traditional 2-D (i.e. dimensionally challenged) WWW browsers who happen to be wandering over these particular WWW pages at the time."
"To complete the Internet Foyer, this visualisation is then projected onto the wall of a physical foyer in a real building while, simultaneously, a real-time video image from the physcial foyer is texture mapped back into the visualisation. This allows visitors to the virtual and physical foyers to communicate with one another."
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://www.crg.cs.nott.ac.uk/research/projects/Foyer/#functionality
ReferencesBENFORD, S., BROWN, C., REYNARD, G.and GREENHALGH, C. Shared spaces: transportation, artificiality, and spatiality. In CSCW'96, Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, November 16-20, 1996, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
BENFORD, S., BROWN, C., REYNARD, G.and SNOWDON, D. The Internet Foyer. Paper presented at the Third Conference of the UK VRSIG, July 1996, DeMontford University, England, UK.
University of Nottingham, Department of Computer Science, Communications Research Group, Nottingham, UK
Project NameVR-VIBE
Principal InvestigatorsSteven D. Benford (email@example.com)
Project SummaryVR-VIBE extends the VIBE approach [developed by Robert R. Korfhage and students and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh] into three dimensions and creates visualizations of bibliographies. Users specify keywords that they wish to use to generate the visualization and place these keywords in 3D-space. Representations of the documents are then displayed in the space according to how relevant each document is to each of the keywords ... . The position of a document depends on the relative importance of each of the keywords to it; thus a document equally spaced between two keywords is equally relevant to both, while a document close to a particular keyword is relevant to that keyword only. Absolute relevance is depicted by the colour of the documents representation, the more relevance the document, the brighter the colour - this is necessary to distinguish between documents that are equally only slightly relevant from documents which are highly relevant but are placed in the position because the proportion of their relevance to each keyword is the same."
"VR-VIBE is a a virtual reality application ... intended to support the co-operative browsing and filtering of large document stores."
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://www.crg.cs.nott.ac.uk/crg/Research/pits/vrvibe/
ReferencesBENFORD, S., SNOWDON, D., GREENHALGH, C., INGRAM, R., KNOX, I and BROWN, C. VR-VIBE: A virtual environment for co-operative information retrieval. Paper presented at Eurographics '95, the Sixteenth Annual Conference and Exhibition of The European Association for Computer Graphics,, August 28-September 1, 1995, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Computer Graphics Forum 14(3) (Conference issue), 1995, C/349-360.
Populated Information Terrains, Technical report, Communications Research Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Nottinghman, England, UK.
SNOWDON, D., BENFORD, S., BROWN, R., INGRAM, R., KNOX, I., and STUDLEY, L. Information visualization, browsing amd sharing in Populated Information Terrains. Paper presented at New Directions in Software Development: The World Wide Web, March 1995, the University of Wolverhampton, England, UK.
University of Nottingham, Department of Computer Science, Communications Research Group, Nottingham, UK
Project NameWWW3D
Principal InvestigatorsDavid Snowdon (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Project Summary
WWW3D is "a novel browser that provides a single 3D display which integrates the display of the Web documents themselves, the structure of the part of the web that the user has browsed and history information showing the links the user has followed in the recent past."
"WWW3D uses the information contained in HTML tags to produce a representation of the document in 3D space. A web document is represented as a sphere which is labelled with the document's title. The contents of the document is placed around the inside surface of the sphere. Displaying large amounts of text in a satisfactory way is difficult in current VR systems so textual information is currently represented by icons that can be unfolded to reveal the entire text. The first few words of the piece of text are displayed under the icon to give some indication of the contents. Images are displayed by texture mapping them onto polygons on the inside surface of the sphere. Finally, links to other documents are represented as icons labelled with their destination."
"To reduce the visual complexity of the virtual environment WWW3D makes extensive use of Level of Detail(LOD) operations. When viewed from outside a document is represented as an opaque sphere and the actual document contents is not displayed. When a user enter's a document to view it the sphere is drawn in wireframe so that the rest of the virtual environment is still visible". "WWW3D is implemented in DIVE and supports multiple concurrent users who are visible to each other and who may either be browsing the the same or different sets of Web documents."
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://www.crg.cs.nott.ac.uk/~dns/vr/www3d/www3d9-small.gif
ReferencesSNOWDON, D., FAHLÉN, L., and STENIUS, M. WWW3D: A 3D multi-user Web browser. In WebNet96 Proceedings Online, October 15-19, 1996, San Francisco, California, USA.
HAGSAND, O. Interactive Multiuser VEs in the DIVE System. IEEE Multimedia 3(1), 1996, 30-39.
University of Texas - Pan American, Department of Computer Science, Edinburg, Texas USA
Project NameDocument Explorer
PrincipalRichard H. Fowler (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Product Summary"The Document Explorer provides head-coupled stereoscopic viewing of 3D visual representations for document collections, associative term thesauri, and individual documents. This style of interface has been called 'fish tank VR' and shown to be relatively effective for 3D viewing and interaction tasks. The system also provides mechanisms to integrate query formulation across the visual representations."
"The Document Explorer employs context extraction, visualization, and interaction tools to supply a 3D interface to text-based semantic structures. The goals of the system have centered on providing user-manipulable visualization structures and facile 3D interaction techniques for use in the highly interactive process of information seeking. The figure above shows a screen display of a structure formed from document relationships."
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://www.cs.panam.edu/info_vis/sigir95.html
ReferencesFOWLER, R.H., FOWLER, W.A.L., and WILLIAMS, J. L. Document Explorer Visualizations of WWW Document and Term Spaces, Technical report, CS-96-6, University of Texas - Panamerican, Department of Computer Science, Edinburg, Texas, USA, 1996.
FOWLER, R.H., FOWLER, W.A.L., and WILLIAMS, J. L. 3D visualization of WWW semantic content for browsing and query formulation. In WebNet96 Proceedings Online, October 15-19, 1996, San Francisco, California, USA.
FOWLER, R.H., KUMAR, A. and WILLIAMS, J. L. Visualizing and browsing WWW semantic content. In Proceedings, the First Conference on Emerging Technologies and Applications in Communications, May 7-10, 1996, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, California, USA
Product/Service NameWebBook(tm)
Principal InvestigatorStuart K. Card (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Product Summary"Current Web servers and browsers focus attention at the link and page levels. These levels are too low to represent gracefully some higher-level structures, resulting in many more entities in the Web space than are necessary and hence to orientation and sensemaking problems." WebBook(tm), is a "3D interactive book of HTML pages. The WebBook(tm) allows rapid interaction with objects at a higher level of aggregation than pages." Web Forager(tm) is "an application that embeds the WebBook(tm) and other objects in a hierarchical 3D workspace.
"Given a collection of web pages, it preloads those pages and displays them as a collection using an augmented simulation of a physical book. 3D graphics and interactive animation are used to give the user a clear indication of the relationship between the pages of the book. Each page of the WebBook(tm) is a page from the Web. Links are color coded so the user can easily tell the difference between a reference to another page in the book (red links) and a reference outside the book (blue links). Picking a red link will animate the flipping of pages to the desired page. Picking a blue link will close the current WebBook(tm) and look for the page elsewhere. If the page is in another WebBook(tm) stored on a bookshelf, that WebBook(tm) is opened to the desired page."
"The WebBook(tm) provides a representation of a more aggregate Web entity above the page and allows rapid local interaction with it. The Web Forager(tm) allows interaction with multiples of such entities and allows for the necessary tradeoffs among fast access, number of entities, and screen space."
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi96/proceedings/papers/Card/skc1fg2.jpg
ReferencesCARD, S.K., ROBERTSON, G.G. and YORK, W. The WebBook and the Web Forager: an information workspace for the World-Wide Web. In Human Factors in Computing Systems: Common Ground: CHI'96 Conference Proceedings, April 13-16, 1996, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
CARD, S.K., ROBERTSON, G.G. and YORK, W. The WebBook and the WebForager: video use scenarios for a World-Wide Web information workspace. In Human Factors in Computing Systems: Common Ground: CHI'96 Conference Proceedings, April 13-16, 1996, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Yahoo! Corporation, Santa Clara, California, USA
Product NameYahoo! 3D
PrincipalYahoo! Corporation (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Product SummaryYahoo! 3D is Yahoo's VRML-based virtual world. Yahoo! 3D allows one to explore more than a dozen main Yahoo! categories, or 'worlds' in three-dimensional space, interacting with objects rather than text, using three-dimensional space to organize these various subject groups.
Note: Worlds vary in size 100K to 200K, and all are compressed. It is best to use Yahoo! 3D with an ISDN level connection, or higher. Each world is compressed and needs to be decompressed by the browser. Users with modems will experience significant download times. Navigation through the worlds may be sluggish on slower processors with low memory availability.
Yahoo 3D! includes over 450 objects within its current. collection. Arts, Education, Government, Health, News, Recreation and Sports, and Science, are among the major Yahoo categories represented. Several pre-defined options are active, most notably 'Walk', 'Spin', 'Look', and 'Slide' for navigating Yahoo! 3D.
Yahoo! 3D requires browser support for Live3D and uses the VRML modeling tool developed by Caligari Corporation.
Demonstration or Prototype Accesshttp://3d.yahoo.com/3d/yahoo3d.html
ReferencesSEMINERIO, M. Yahoo to debut 3-D search engine powered by Caligari software. PCWEEK ONLINE, October 25, 1996.
Yahoo! and Caligari Corporation announce Yahoo! 3D. Press release, Yahoo! Corporation, Santa Clara, California, USA, October 28, 1996.
BANK, D. Sofware firms look outside Windows to handle data. Wall Street Journal, June 27, 1997, B4.
BROWN, C., BENFORD, S. and SNOWDON, D. Collaborative visualization of large-scale hyermedia databases. In CSCW and the Web - Proceedings of the 5th ERCIM/W4G Workshop. Arbeitspapiere der GMD 984, GMD, Sankt Augustin, April 1996.
CARD. S.K. Visualizing retrieved information: a survey. IEEE Computer Graphics and Application 16(2), 1996,63-67.
COCHRANE, P.A. and JOHNSON, E.H., et al. 34th Annual UIUC clinic highlights visualizing subject access. Library hi-tech news 142, 1997,1-8, 10.
DAVIS, R. Internet visualization technologies: old metaphors are new, user studies hold true. Paper prepared for LIS5990, Internet Information Services, University of Oklahoma, May 10, 1997.
EARNSHAW, R.A. and VINCE, J. The Internet in 3D: Information, Images and Interaction. San Diego, Academic Press, 1997.
FAIRCHILD, K.M. Information Visualization. Technical report, Institute of Systems Sciences, National University of Singapore, February 7, 1996.
FOX, D. Graphical Elements for Information Browsing Systems. Survey paper. Submitted in partial fulfillment for Ph.D., New York University, Department of Computer Science, 1994?.
GERSHON, N. Moving happily through the World Wide Web. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 16(2), 1996,72-75.
GERSHON, N. and BROWN, J.R. The Role of computer graphics and visualization in the GII. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 16(2), 1996,61-63.
GERSHON, N. and EICK, S.G. Visualizations's new track: making sense of information. IEEE Spectrum 32(11), 1995,38-40,42, 44-47, 55-56.
MCKIERNAN, G. Hand-made in Iowa: organizing the Web along the Lincoln Highway. D-Lib Magazine, February 1997.
MCKIERNAN, G. Information visualisation: the World Wide Web gets really graphical. Intelligence, Special Issue, 1997 Guide to the Internet, December 1996,116-118.
MCKIERNAN, G. Seeing is believing: visual browsing for Information Retrieval. Demonstration and Discussion. Presented at Visualizing Subject Access for 21st Century Information Resources, the Thirty-fourth Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, March 2-4, 1997, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
MUKHERJEA, S. Visualizing the Information Space of Hypermedia Systems. Thesis (Ph.D.), Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996.
PALMQUIST, R.A. and SOKOLL,S.P. Visual maps of the World Wide Web: helping the user find the wayThe Reference Librarian 60, 1998,49-60.
RORVIG, M.E. WILCOX, M.E. Visual access tools for special collections. Information Technology and Libraries 16(3), September 1997,99-108.
SMALL, D. Navigating large bodies of text. IBM Systems Journal 35(3&4), 1996,514-525.
TUFTE, E.R. Envisioning Information. Cheshire, Connecticut, Graphics Press, 1990.
WHITE, H.D. and MCCAIN, K.W. Visualization of literatures. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology 32, 1997,99-168.
WILLIAMS, J.G., SOCHATS, K.M. and MORSE, E. Visualization. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology 30, 1995,161-207.
YOUNG, P. Three Dimensional Information Visualisation. Technical report, Computer Science Technical Report 12/96, Department of Computer Science, University of Durham, Durham, UK, November 1, 1996.
ZUBEREC, S.E. Visualization of Text Based Information. Thesis (M.A. Sci.), University of Toronto, 1994.
The Big Picture(sm): Visual Browsing in Web and non-Web Databases is a clearinghouse of projects, research, products and services that describe or apply information visualization technologies for enhancing use and access to Web and selected non-Web databases, notably MARC and bibliographic records. Selected significant reports, papers, and articles are also provided for each profiled activity. The clearinghouse is arranged by the name of the university, corporation, or other organization with which the principal investigator of a project is affiliated. A general bibliography of applicable works is also provided.
As time and opportunity permit, additional projects, research, products and services will be profiled within this collection.
The Big Picture(sm) is compiled and maintained by Gerry McKiernan, A.B., M.S., Curator, CyberStacks(sm), Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, and Science and Technology Librarian, Science and Technology Department, Iowa State University Library, and Peter J. Wasilko, Esq., J.D., LL.M., founder of The Invisible College of the Future.


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How should I book?
- Direct via our website - Rates & Availability - best deal guaranteed
- By telephoning 03 5687 1469.
- Via an online agent like Booking.com, Stayz, Airbnb etc. NB: you may either pay more or miss out on extras that are only included for direct bookings - the BEST deal is to book direct.
How far is it to?
Wilsons Prom Entrance – 5 minutes to the National Park Gate
Fish Creek – 18.5km – 15 minutes
Foster – 23km – 20 minutes
Tidal River – 36km – 30 minutes
Sandy Point – 20.5km – 20 minutes
How long will it take me to get there?
Assuming you travel at the 100km/hr speed limit on country roads, it will take you about 2.5 hours from Melbourne (3 hours from the airport) or 3 hours from Lakes Entrance or just over 1 hour from Phillip Island. NB: GPS systems are not always accurate for this area. Either follow the directions written on your booking confirmation or program your GPS to the centre of the town (Yanakie) and you will come close to us, then look out for the general store. Using our exact address in your satellite navigation system may send you several kilometres off course.
How do I get the keys to my cabin?
We, Sean and Angela - the owners , live on the property. When you arrive, come into the office, attached to the main house to check-in and pick up your key. We appreciate if you could advise a rough ETA so we know when to expect you. Occasionally, we are unable to be here, if this is the case for your arrival we will contact you (and/or leave a sign on the office door) with instructions and a code to access the key-safe.
Do you do specials?
Our seasonal specials and deals can be found here: Promhills Specials & Deals
Why do you give away free wine & chocolates with every direct booking?
Bookings or enquiries that come to us via a third party website (like Wotif.com, Expedia, Booking.com, Agoda, Stayz, AirBnB etc) or travel agents, cost us up to 25% in commission. If you book direct through us, we do not have this expense so we choose to give this back to our direct booking guests by way of free inclusions. We want to offer guests who book directly with us the best deal possible, however, Online Travel Agents (Wotif.com, Expedia, Booking.com, Agoda, Orbitz) demand "rate parity agreements" so we can not discount bookings that are made direct, however, we can offer non-rate based extras. We hope you choose to book either via this website or over the phone with us so you can get the best overall value for your stay
Are there views?
All of the cabins have amazing 180 degree panoramic views. They all look over farmland to the hills of Wilsons Promontory. The view constantly changes every day as the light and clouds move over the mountains.
What is the weather forecast?
You can find the current forecast here: Weather or for a more detailed forecast, have a look here: WindGuru
Is there air conditioning?
The Studio Cabin and the One Bedroom Cabins have reverse cycle air conditioning. The Eco Tents have fans, electric imitation fire places and 2 panel heaters. All accommodation has opening windows, positioned to receive the cool sea breeze and electric blankets for those cooler nights.
Are the alpacas friendly?
Feel free to approach the fences, if they do not want to be touched they will move away. They will probably even pose for your camera. Don't lean too close into their faces or you may get a surprise spit!
Can I go in the paddocks with the alpacas/sheep/cows?
As animals can be unpredictable with strangers, guests are not permitted to go through any fences or gates without either Sean or Angela present. You can, however, approach the fences and (if the animals permit you to) you can pat them. If you have any left over bread, the sheep love it as a treat.
Can I bring my pet?
Sorry, we do not accept pets under any circumstances for many reasons, not limited to but, including: pet hair and allergies of future guests. Also, pets are not permitted into Wilsons Promontory National Park, therefore your pet would need to remain on the property. Your pet can not stay inside the cabin as it is against health regulations and your pet can not stay outside the cabin because our alpacas chase (and potentially harm) dogs. There are boarding kennels/catteries located nearby at Somerset Kennels in Fish Creek or Catterlodge in Foster or Heather's Boarding Cattery and Kennels in Leongatha if you are not able to make alternate arrangements to leave your pets at home.
What time is check-in?
Check-in is after 2pm. For earlier check in, we are bound by previous guests to determine when your cabin will be ready and generally will not know what time that may be until the morning of your arrival, after previous guests have checked out and your cabin has been cleaned. If your cabin is ready early and you have provided an Australian mobile phone number, we will SMS you as soon as your cabin is ready for you and you may be able to check-in early. The only way to guarantee an early check-in is to add the previous night to your booking.
What time is check-out?
Check-out is strictly before 10am, to enable us to have the cabin ready by check in time for the next guests. Late check-outs may be available upon request (if no-one is arriving into your cabin on the same day). Allowing a late checkout generally means we will not be able to rent that cabin that night so a fee of $25 per hour, or part thereof, will be charged. Therefore, late check-outs are subject to availability; enquire at the office the day before your departure. The only way to guarantee a late check out is to add another night to your stay.
Is Wifi available?
YES!! FREE wifi is available in all cabins and public areas using your own smart phone, tablet or laptop. You'll be given an access code on check-in
Is linen provided?
Yes, all sheets, pillows and pillow cases, towels, hand towels, face washers, bath matt, doonas, doona covers, tea towel etc are included.
Are the cabins serviced?
The cabins are self contained. We offer a mid-stay service (linen change, bathroom & kitchen clean & consumables top up etc) if you are staying for more than 7 nights.
Can I fly my drone?
We do allow drones to be flown around the property, however, not when other guests are on site. If you wish to fly your drone, please check with us, and you can do so once other guests have gone out for the day. We do not allow drones to be flown when other guests are here as they can be seen as an invasion of privacy, and they can be noisy. If you do take drone photography or videos, I'd love it if you'd post some to our Facebook page or tag us on Instagram, or email it to me as I love to see what other people capture here.
What makes the tents eco?
They are powered by solar power, serviced with rainwater and they are designed to meet world heritage area standards, meaning the structures will not leave a footprint on the earth when they are removed.
Can you provide a cot for my baby?
We can provide a cot and/or high chair free of charge (in the one bedroom cabins only). When you book, just add to the comments section if you require a cot (with linen) or high chair. However, make sure to include your baby in your booking, babies DO count as people for bookings and must be included.
Is there mobile phone service?
Yes, if you are with Telstra or Optus. Vodafone is very patchy and limited. Vodafone will start to work reliably at about Loch (about an hour from us on the way back to Melbourne). If you are with Vodafone don't have service but need to make a call, there is a public telephone booth located out the front of the General Store. Vodafone smart phones can connect to our wifi, so you will not be uncontactable. However, a lot of people choose to 'switch off' while they are here to fully relax!
What are the cooking facilities in the cabins and tents?
Every Cabin has a two-burner cook top, an electric BBQ, microwave, small fridge/freezer, coffee machine, kettle, toaster. The Eco Tents have a gas BBQ with side wok burner, microwave, electric frying pan, full size fridge/freezer, coffee machine, kettle & toaster. All accommodation is stocked with pots, pans, crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils.
Is there a laundry?
Not on the property, but Foster has a Laundromat, across the road from the pub. Every cabin does have a washing line to hang and dry your beach towels and swimming gear.
What if I need to cancel?
ALL CANCELLATIONS MUST BE MADE IN WRITING, either via email, live website chat or fax. Refer to your booking confirmation for the full cancellation policy applicable to your booking. Please ensure you have read and understand the cancellation policy associated with your booking. We are truly sorry if something happens to you that means you need to cancel your booking. Being a small business, cancellations do affect us greatly, so we do need to charge cancellation fees. Often we have already booked our cleaning staff, we will still have to pay the commission (10-25% of the booking total) to a third party if that is how you chose to book, we still have to pay the fees associated with your initial credit card payment, and again for any refund, and we spend a considerable amount of time trying to resell the room that we had been holding reserved for you. We open up all online booking channels, we telephone and email anyone who has previously enquired for the same dates, we notify local tourist information centres and if it is a last minute booking that's been cancelled we email/telephone all our local accommodation contacts to alert them of a last minute vacancy, especially if it is a busy time like peak season or a long weekend when most accommodation has been booked out for weeks in advance so they can forward on any last minute enquiries. We then repeat this notification process in reverse if we resell the room. Without charging a cancellation fee, we not only have to pay out for these expenses relating to your booking, and spend a great amount of unexpected time trying to resell, but we also loose a good chunk of our family's income/wage for the week. This is why we STRONGLY recommend travel insurance to cover you for any unforeseen circumstances that mean you may need to cancel your booking.
What is your cancellation policy?
This cancellation policy is for direct bookings only. Third party website bookings, travel agent bookings or voucher bookings may have a different cancellation and/or payment policy, refer to your third party booking confirmation letter.
- Cancellations with more than 30 days notice – 25% of the booking total is retained as cancellation fee
- Cancellations with less than 30 days but more than 7 days notice – 50% of the booking total is retained as cancellation fee
- Cancellations with 7 days or less notice – 100% of the booking total is retained as cancellation fee
- $50 administration fee applies to changes/cancellations to any confirmed booking
- Date changes are only permitted with more than 30 days notice (admin fee applies). ONE date change per booking is permitted, then cancellation applies.
- We strongly recommend travel insurance to cover you for any unforeseen circumstances
- Unfortunately, very rarely, circumstances beyond our control mean that we may need to cancel a booking. If this happens, we will refund you 100% and assist you with the contact details of alternate accommodation providers.
- We do not accept pets under any circumstances. Bringing your pet may result in additional cleaning fees and/or your booking being forfeited or cancelled, booking conditions will still apply
- Bringing more people than your confirmation letter states (including babies and children) may result in additional charges and/or cancellation of your booking, cancellation policy still applies. If you falsify your booking and arrive with more people than you booked for, we have no choice but to cancel your booking if the additional person/people breaches our maximum occupancy permits.
- Promhills Cabins property is for the exclusive use of our guests ONLY. No additional visitors are permitted. If you have friends/relatives staying locally, for the security, privacy and serenity that our other guests are entitled to, you will need to meet/gather offsite.
- By confirming a booking and paying a deposit, you agree you accept our terms & conditions and authorise us to charge your credit card for any additional charges or damage caused to Promhills Cabins property (including smoking inside the cabins, extra guests, day visitors, theft, damage, late departure, excessive cleaning).
What is your payment policy?
For direct bookings, 50% deposit will be taken to confirm your booking and balance is due 7 days prior to arrival. If you book within 7 days of arrival, payment will be taken in full at the time booking. For travel agent bookings, 50% deposit, then the balance 30 days prior to arrival, full payment at time of booking if arriving within 30 days. Deposit payment must be received in order to confirm your booking. $10 admin fee will be charged if the card you have given us declines and we need to contact you to seek alternate payment method and then re-process your payment. Different policies may apply if you chose to book through a third party. Making an enquiry is not a booking and we reserve the right to confirm bookings to the first person to complete a deposit payment, regardless of who enquired first.
What is your privacy policy?
We collect personal information, for example your email address, where you have provided it to us. We will at all times keep your details private and secure. We do not pass on/sell/swap any of your personal details with anyone.
How many people can stay in a cabin/tent?
The studio cabin sleeps 2 people only (no babies or children permitted in this cabin).
Our one bedroom cabins can sleep a maximum of 3 people per cabin, including children regardless of age.
The glamping eco tents sleep a maximum of 2 adults (no babies or children).
We are legally bound by the conditions of our accommodation providers license which governs the number of people that can stay in each cabin and on the property at any one time so legally we can not exceed this. These maximum occupancy numbers count for ALL people, including babies and children, regardless of age. If you arrive with more people than you have booked for (including babies), if we can accommodate you there will be an additional charge for the extra person, however, unfortunately, if you bringing an additional person exceeds our maximum occupancy for the accommodation you have booked and there are no other cabins available, we will have to cancel your booking as we can legally not exceed our maximum numbers, cancellation policy still applies and your booking will be treated as a last minute cancellation and the booking will need to be paid for in full, you will then need to seek accommodation elsewhere. We face possibility of large fines and jail time if we exceed our maximum occupancy permits, we are sorry, but we will not break the law to accommodate you if you have falsified your booking and arrive with more people than you have booked for.
Can I hire a DVD?
We have DVDs available to borrow (for free) in the office. There are DVD players and large flat screen TV's in every cabin.
What does the Yanakie General Store sell and what are their opening hours?
The shop (just a few minutes walk from your cabin) sells fuel, grocery items, alcohol, daily newspapers, coffee, fishing licenses. They do bacon and egg muffins for breakfast every day and takeaway fish and chips (fresh locally caught fish) every Thursday night, some long weekends and during peak summer season. They are open from 8am. Most of the year they close at 6pm, however, this is extended during busy times, summer (Thursday fish & chip nights, is 7pm close).
Where can I get dinner?
The menus for the restaurants we recommend and frequent are in the information book in each cabin. Alternatively, the Yanakie General Store sells enough food items to self cater or their fish and chips on a Thursday are fantastic! Visit our things to do in Prom Country page for contact details and websites of local restaurants and cafes.
If we go out for dinner, should I make a reservation?
Definitely, to avoid disappointment, especially if it is a long weekend, Saturday night or during school holidays.
Where is the best place for a swim?
Norman Bay at Tidal River, Squeaky Beach or Waratah Bay are great swimming beaches. Waratah Bay is the best beach for kids (park near the playground/BBQ's and walk over the boat ramp for easy access). In cold weather, Leongatha's heated indoor pool is open all year and is 35 minutes drive. Foster and Toora also have great outdoor heated public swimming pools that are open during the summer months.
Do you do gift vouchers?
Sure do! We do gift vouchers for any dollar amount you wish. We can either email your voucher, if you've left it to the last minute, or mail it discretely with area brochures included.
What environmental initiatives do you undertake?
We live amongst such a beautiful natural environment and we endeavour to have a positive impact on it by implementing a range of environmental practises.
- We have installed solar panels which provide electricity to our property, any additional electricity purchased comes from 100% Australian owned company who are a provider of clean, renewable energy
- Our rainwater collection tanks provide water for the cabins and grounds
- Our glamping Eco Tents have been built according to world heritage standards, meaning they are designed not leave a footprint on the earth when they are removed
- Our gardens consist of a variety of local vegetation to encourage native birdlife
- We grow a lot of our own produce (meat and fruit), if you are here in the right season you can pick and enjoy our apples, pears, nectarines, avocados and much more
- We have a glass, tin, paper, plastic recycling program in use
- We collect guest's used soap and donate it to Soap Aid so they can recycle it into new soaps and send it to communities in need
- We use locally sourced products wherever possible
- We use biodegradable cleaning products and consumables in the cabins
- We use energy efficient lighting
- We encourage the use of natural cooling and the cabins are positioned perfectly to receive the sea breeze, reducing the need for air conditioning (although air conditioners are installed in the Studio and One Bedroom Cabins for those exceptional weather events)
- All our grey water and septic waste is treated onsite
- Linen that is washed onsite is line dried
- Our cabins are self contained and serviced after each stay or mid-stay if you stay longer than 7 days, allowing for a linen/towel reuse program to eliminate unnecessary chemicals entering the environment
- Power points are switched off when cabins are cleaned between guests, so if you find the TV or heater won't work, check the power point
- We recycle old appliances and furniture by donating them to charity when cabins are refurbished or upgraded
Do you support any charities?
- We give our guests who book direct via our website the opportunity to add $2 to their booking. We add the donations up at Easter time and match our guests donations dollar for dollar and donate the amount to the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal.
- We collect guest's used soap and donate it to Soap Aid so they can recycle it into new soaps and send it to communities in need
- We regularly support various groups including Diabetes Australia, Leukaemia Foundation, Cancer Council, local schools and community groups throughout the year.
- We do regular volunteer work for several non-profit organisations, including Country Fire Authority (CFA), Prom Country Regional Tourism and various local organisations - the Yanakie Community Association and Yanakie Hall and Recreation Reserve Committee
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Benefits Of A Logbook Loan
Posted by admin On May 28th, 2015
If you are looking to get a bad credit loan, a logbook loan is one of the best options that you will find. When money is tight, and your credit score keeps you from getting the loan that you want, it is nice to know that there is an option out there that won't end up making things worse for you. If you are still undecided about getting a logbook loan, here are just a few reasons why it is one of the best bad credit loan options available.
First, logbook loans are easy to get. In most cases, all you need to do is fill out the application on the lender's website, and within 24 hours, you will have the money deposited into your bank account. There are not a lot of hard questions, long applications, or lengthy wait times. Logbook loan lenders know that you need the money as soon as possible, and that you probably have enough stress in your life as it is, and so they work to make getting a loan as easy as can be.
The second reason that logbook loans are great is that there are not a lot of requirements that you need to meet in order to get one. In most cases you will just need to be at least 18 years old, be a legal resident of the UK, and be the legal owner of an insured vehicle. If you can pass these few requirements, then there is a good chance that you will be able to find a logbook loan. Unlike other types of loans that look deeply into your financial situation or run credit checks, logbook loan lenders don't care about any of that.
Third on our list is the low interest rates that come with logbook loans. Sure, the interest rates will probably be higher than the loan you would have gotten through a bank. But since your credit score prevents you from getting this type of loan, you need to find the next best solution. Many bad credit loan lenders will have high interest rates since they are lending to high-risk people (people with bad credit scores). Since there is collateral involved with logbook loans though, there is not as much of a need for high interest rates. You can therefore get a pretty good loan, one that is the next best thing to a standard loan.
Lastly, logbook loan lenders make it as easy as possible for the borrower to pay back the loan. For starters, you can continue driving your car during the loan period. This means that you can get yourself back and forth to work, without having to worry about your car being used to secure a loan. The lenders will also work with each customer to make sure that they are comfortable with the lending terms, and that they will be able to pay back the loan on time. If you have any trouble paying back your loan, the lender will work with you to find a solution that suits everyone.
As you can see, there are many reasons why a logbook loan is a good idea. Don't waste your time trying to get a loan that will only end up charging you a lot of money and making your life more difficult. Go with a logbook loan lender and get the money that you need, when you need, with little hassle. You'll be happy that you did.
What Determines A Credit Score?
Posted by admin On April 24th, 2015
Credit scores can be hard to figure out. They seem like this vague number, yet they have a large control over the things that happen in our lives. They can keep us from getting loans, a home, or even a mobile phone contract. You may know what your credit score is, but have no idea how it got to be that way. If this is you, we are here to help. Below are some of the factors that can play into a credit score.
- Length – First, your credit score depends large in part on how long you have been actively using credit. If you just got your first credit card, for example, you will probably have a bad credit rating. On the other hand, if you have been practicing good credit habits for many years, your score will probably be higher. Sometimes all it takes is waiting for your score to go up.
- Credit Cards – The next biggest factor is how well you manage your credit cards. Your credit score is supposed to be a numerical representation of how responsible you are with money, and each time you use your credit card, it is like taking out a mini loan. This is why your credit cards are so important towards your credit score. Make sure that you are paying off the balances each month, using the cards frequently, but not too often, and that you are keeping some of your older cards open (for the length reasoning mentioned above).
- Debt – If you owe a lot of money, it will look back on your credit score. Things like student loans, mortgages, and credit card debt will all factor into your credit rating. While paying back debt can be difficult, you should really make it a priority if you want to raise your credit rating. Until you do, your credit score is going to continue to suffer.
- Payment Times – Lastly, there is how promptly you make your payments, on anything from your bills to your credit card. If you consistently miss payments, it is going to drag your score down. On the other hand, if you have never missed payment, you will most likely have a very high score. Set up reminders for yourself when your payments are due so that you never miss another one. Your credit score will thank you.
As you can see, there are several factors that can determine your credit score. There is no one specific thing that will determine your score, and each thing will either raise or lower your number. Each person is different, and each factor will impact your score differently than others. If you are having trouble understanding your credit score, or why it is what it is, there are professional services out there that would be happy to assist you. You may not want to spend the money, but your credit score is such an important number, that it is really essential that you understand it fully. Hopefully we were able to shed at least a little bit of light on it so that you can work towards always having a good credit score.
Use A Personal Budget To Get Out Of Debt
Posted by admin On April 24th, 2015
When you are in debt, it can sometimes seem like it is impossible to get out of it. You owe so much money, and with interest charges, you just can't seem to make any headway on the principal loan. Try as you might, the debt just lingers and becomes a burden you need to carry around everyday. While there are no quick fixes to get yourself out of debt, besides winning the lottery, there are some things that you can do to try and get ahead of it. One of those things is to create a personal budget. Having your money well organized will help you to pay off more of your debt and faster.
Here's how you get started. First, either grab a pen and paper, or open up a new document on your computer. You are going to want to write down everything single thing you spend money on in a month, so make sure that whatever you use, you have plenty of room. Try and order the items from the most important to the least important. Things that would be considered important would be your electric bill and credit card payments. Less important things would be like your morning cup of coffee, or going to see a film. Once you have every single thing written down, add them all up. This is your standard expense for a month. On the other side of the page, write down what you earn in a month. If your income is lower than your expense, you have a problem.
Whether or not your income is higher or lower however, you are going to want to start cutting back. Look at those things on the bottom of your list, and see how many of them you can either reduce or cut out entirely. Even if it is a hard decision, you are going to need to cut out as much as you can. The lower that you can get that number, the better that this will work. Once you have gotten rid of everything that you can, add up those numbers. If your income was lower than your expense, subtract that difference from this amount so that the only number you have left is the extra money you will have at the end of a month.
Now you are going to want to take that extra money you just found and put it towards your debts. If you have several different debts, get out another sheet of paper and write all of those down, ordering them from the ones with the highest interest rates to the lowest. Calculate how much the minimum payment would be for all of your debts. Make sure you have enough to pay that minimum, and anything that you have left over should be used to pay off the debts at the top of your list.
With your budget set up, it is just a matter of sticking to it. Complete this process each month, always penciling in your debt payments to ensure that you have enough. Every extra dollar that you save should be put towards those debts with the highest interest amounts. Even if it is just a little bit, the more you can pay off, the quicker it will go and the more money you will save in the long run. It may feel like a slow process, but if you can stick with it, before long you will start to see progress. The important thing to do is keep up with your budget, as it will help you to make sure that your debts are always a priority, and that you always have money to pay for them. If you can do this, you should have no trouble paying off your debts in time. Good luck!
How To Pick The Best Credit Card
Posted by admin On April 24th, 2015
When it comes to your credit score, one of the largest factors are your credit cards. This is one of the reasons why it is so important to make sure that you get the best credit card for you. Each credit card is different, coming with different terms, rates and features. By knowing which card best suits you, you can properly manage your credit cards better, and in turn raise your credit rating. If you need some help picking out the best credit card for you, here are some things to consider.
- Interest Rates – This is probably the most significant factor. While your specific interest rate (or APR) will vary depending on your current credit score, most credit card companies will provide you with a range that it will fall in between before you sign up. You can use this range to try and guess where your APR will fall. If you have a good credit rating, it will be on the lower end of the range, while if you have a poor score, it will be on the higher end of the range. This is the amount of interest you are going to need to pay on balances, so you want to pay close attention to it, and try and get the lowest possible rate.
- Perks – Another thing you want to think about when getting a credit card is the perks that come with it. Does it offer you cash back points? Maybe travel rewards? Or does it give you discounts at certain stores? Think about what comes with it, and if these perks are at all beneficial to you. If they are, then consider getting that card. Make sure you use the rewards however, or they are just going to go to waste.
- Credit Limit – The fourth thing you want to consider is the credit limit. This is the amount of money you are able to spend with this card. This number will also vary depending on your credit score, but the higher this number is, the better. Credit limits will generally go up over time as you use the card, but if you can start with a higher limit, that would be good. There is not much point in getting a credit card if you can only use it for a couple of purchases before it is maxed out.
- Fees – Next, look at what fees come with this card. What are the charges if you miss a payment? Is there an annual fee? What if you spend more than your limit allows? Credit card companies try and charge a fee for everything that they can, so you want to know about these in advance. Think about how they will affect you, and if you are going to be able to afford them. You don't want to be hit with so many fees that you can't pay them when the bill arrives, so doing your research is vital.
- Introductory Benefits – Lastly, most credit card companies will offer bonuses to people who are new. Things like no interest for a year, or waiving the first annual fee are common. So for example, if you have a large purchase that you need to make, you could get a card with no APR for a year, then take your time paying it off since there won't be any interest charged. Look at the benefits that come with signing up, and think about how you can best use these before you decide on a card.
Bad Credit Loans Guide
Posted by admin On April 24th, 2015
When you have a bad credit score, knowing that you have other options out there in terms of getting a loan is a comforting thought. Banks have probably turned you down, and you might have thought that there was no where else to turn. Getting a bad credit loan can be great, some of these loans are better than others. In fact, some types of bad credit loans are downright dangerous. To help you avoid the bad ones and go with the good ones, below is a quick list of the best bad credit loans, and which ones you should avoid.
- Guarantor Loan – When you are applying for a normal loan, at some point you probably wished that you had someone else's credit score. If you did, then you could use it to secure the loan that you wanted, and get a loan at a reasonable rate. Well, with a guarantor loan you can do just that. With a guarantor loan you find someone, usually a family member, to act as your "guarantor". This person then uses their good credit score to get you a loan, while you still make all of the payments. Guarantor loans are great if you have someone willing to be your guarantor, as you can get a much better loan rate than you normally would. However, the downside is that if you fail to make your payments, the responsibility will fall to the guarantor, and this could potentially harm your relationship with them.
- Logbook Loan – If you don't have a great credit score, you need to find another way to show a lender that you can be trusted to repay the loan. One way of doing this is by putting something up as collateral. With a logbook loan, you use your vehicle as this collateral, and you can borrow an amount relative to the value of your car. Logbook loans are a great way to get a loan quickly, at a pretty reasonable rate, and without interfering in your life. Since you can continue driving your car while you have the loan, there is nothing that will impact your day to day life. The biggest downside with logbook loans is that if you fail to meet payments, you do run the risk of losing your vehicle. However most lenders will work with you to ensure that this does not happen.
- Payday Loan – This is the type of loan that you should probably look to avoid. Payday loans can be tempting because they are easy to get, and they pay out relatively quick. However, since they are giving loans to people with bad credit scores, and because they are not asking for any collateral, these lenders will charge very high interest rates. This is how they protect themselves from people who might not pay back their loans, by charging a large amount to those people that do. In fact, the interest rates are so high that many people find themselves needing to take out a separate loan just to pay back their first payday loan. Unless you have a perfectly planned budget prepared, and you know for sure that you can pay back the payday loan, we recommend looking for an alternative.
- Doorstep Loan – Lastly, there are doorstep loans. Doorstep loans are essentially a type of Payday loan, but with a few differences. For one, the interest rates are sometimes better, depending on the lender. Secondly, with a doorstep loan, you get more of a personal touch. Instead of conducting all business online, a doorstep loan lender will send a representative from their agency to your home to discuss the loan with you. They will deliver the loan, come back to collect payments, and discuss any financial problems that you may be having. If you want a more personal approach to borrowing money, you may want to consider a doorstep loan.


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I would just like to write a short message thanking you so much for providing such an informative and interesting session for our students. We very much appreciate you giving up your time and giving an enthusiastic talk on how the forge works,information on different tools and equipment, demonstrations and a question and answer session.The students had a great time and were full of facts on their return, you stimulated their curiosity and catered for their need to touch objects safely and to ask you a range of questions. You gave them the opportunity to witness men in a positive, practical and creative vocation and hopefully opened up their minds to their own possibilities in the future. Thank you once again,
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What a successful show it has been! Certainly one of our most popular ever as I said when I saw you last week. We have had all positive comments about the work and I think there are many disappointed people out there who are now wondering where its gone!
We have had a number of enquiries from visitors asking where it is showing next?! So please let me know the site you were mentioning so I can direct people to this.
You have both been a pleasure to work with and thanks so much for all your hard work in delivering and installing the pieces.
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