Future Challenging Issues in Location based Services

Location-Based Services: Technical and Business Issues

Geographical Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies are expanding their traditional applications to embrace a stream of consumer-focused, location-based applications. Through an integration with handheld devices capable of wireless communication and mobile computing, a wide range of what might be generically referred to as "Location-Based Services" (LBS) may b...

Data Store Issues for Location-Based Services

Location-based services (LBS) provide resources or information based on the user’s own location or an indicated location of interest. This paper introduces a number of data store and access requirements for LBS based on examples from our own work and that of others in the field. We consider specifically the areas of location representation, gathering location data, assets, location-based querie...

Positioning methods for future location-based services

In this paper we give an overview of the existing and upcoming positioning methods in the mobile environment. With the advent of mobile technologies, increased usage and expansion of mobile devices, mobile services and applications, among them also the so called location-based services, are gaining an increased amount of attention. The user context is an important element of personalization of ...

Location-based services, conspicuous mobility, and the location-aware future

The production and consumption of geographic information is becoming a more mobile practice, with more corporate actors challenging the traditional stronghold of Esriand government-based geospatial developments. What can be considered a geographic information system has expanded to include web-based technologies like Google Earth/Maps, as well as more recent developments of Microsoft’s Bing Map...

Polytechnique Software Engineering Issues in Location - Based Services