Elsevier

Computers & Graphics

Volume 20, Issue 5, September–October 1996, Pages 627-632
Computers & Graphics

Location service in mobile computing environments

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Abstract

With the advent of mobile computing devices and cheap location sensing systems, location information has become an important resource both for mobile and ‘desktop users’. In this paper, we describe some key concepts that a scaleable ubiquitous location service should be based on. Firstly, we show how such a service can accommodate multiple location sensing systems. Secondly, we discuss hierarchy-based access control policies as a flexible and powerful mechanism to protect users' privacy. Thirdly, we address some issues concerning the visualization of location information.

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