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Beyond Location Based – The Spatially Aware Mobile Phone

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Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems (W2GIS 2006)

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An increasing number of mobile phones feature embedded sensors such as GPS receivers, digital compasses or accelerometer-based tilt sensors. In this paper, we present an application framework for building spatially aware mobile applications – applications that visualize, process or exchange geo-spatial information – on mobile phones equipped with such sensors. The core component of the framework is a novel, platform-independent XML data exchange format that describes the geographic vicinity of the mobile device. The format enables a variety of new mobile interaction styles and user interface types – from traditional text-based local search and information interfaces to innovative real-time user interfaces like geo-pointers and smart compasses.

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  1. Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.), Donau-City-Str. 1, A-1220, Vienna, Austria

    Rainer Simon, Peter Fröhlich & Hermann Anegg

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  1. Digital Media Centre, Dublin Institute of Technology, Aungier St., Ireland

    James D. Carswell

  2. College of Information Science and Engineering Institute of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan

    Taro Tezuka

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Simon, R., Fröhlich, P., Anegg, H. (2006). Beyond Location Based – The Spatially Aware Mobile Phone. In: Carswell, J.D., Tezuka, T. (eds) Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems. W2GIS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4295. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11935148_2

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