Marcos, AdéritoOliveira, Alexandre RochaMalgueiro, OctávioGrave, Luís2011-05-032011-05-032002-11Marcos, Adérito [et al.] - Supporting information visualization through topic maps. In Vilas A., Méndez; J. A. , González; I. S., eds. - "Educational Technology" [Em linha]. [Espanha]: Junta da Estremadura, 2002. ISBN 84-95251-79-5. Vol. 3, p. 1256-1262Colección-84-95251-76-0Tomo--84-95251-79-5http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/1771We are living a phenomenon of accelerated information production with different accessing sources. Hence users are faced with a growing problem: accessing (navigation) and filtering specific information contained in large datasets, which are increasing in size. Procedures such as data filtering and gathering are now simplified through a new concept known as Topic Maps. The application of Virtual Reality technologies enables to present and interact with multidimensional information in a 3D space. In this paper we present INSPHERE, a new visual metaphor for information visualization,based on both, Virtual Reality techniques, and “geographical information maps” provided by Topic Maps.engTopic mapsInformation visualizationbook part