Beyond location based: the spatially aware mobile phone

  • Authors:
  • Rainer Simon;Peter Fröhlich;Hermann Anegg

  • Affiliations:
  • Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.), Vienna, Austria;Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.), Vienna, Austria;Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.), Vienna, Austria

  • Venue:
  • W2GIS'06 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems
  • Year:
  • 2006

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

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.