Location-based services like reminders, electronic graffiti, and tourist guides normally require a custom, location-sensitive database that must be custom-tailored for the application at hand. This deployment cost reduces the initial appeal of such services. However, there is much location-tagged data already available on the Web which can be easily used to create compelling location-aware appl...

Serbian traveler Milan Jovanović arrived in China the 19th century, and after his return, travelogue Tamo amo po istoku (Here There East) was published. This article aims to reveal Jovanović’s perception of writings, order analyze image more importantly, dilemmas self–positioning while facing East West. By applying comparative literary imagery theory cross–cultural methods, this paper interpret...

Evliya Celebi, the 17th-century Ottoman traveler, left 10 volume long travelogue behind with insights about places he visits. The depictions include names, customs, economic conditions, linguistic information, and many other aspects of people land places. With their appearance, roles, behaviors, women were no exception in Evliya's depiction. Piety was a significant aspect that dealt with. When ...