“Need to know”: examining information need in location discourse

  • Authors:
  • Derek Reilly;David Dearman;Vicki Ha;Ian Smith;Kori Inkpen

  • Affiliations:
  • EDGE Lab, Dalhousie Faculty of Computer Science, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;EDGE Lab, Dalhousie Faculty of Computer Science, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;EDGE Lab, Dalhousie Faculty of Computer Science, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;Intel Research Seattle, Seattle, Washington;EDGE Lab, Dalhousie Faculty of Computer Science, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  • Venue:
  • PERVASIVE'06 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Pervasive Computing
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Location discourse involves the active or passive sharing of location information between individuals. Related applications include mobile friend locators, and location-dependent messaging. Privacy issues pertaining to location disclosure have been considered in research and relevant design guidelines are emerging, however what location information a user actually “needs to know” has received little systematic analysis to date. In this paper we present results from a questionnaire study and a diary study considering location information need. We provide a classification of location discourse and the factors which impact location need, showing that seemingly small changes in a scenario can yield drastically different location information needs. Finally, we summarize trends that are of interest to designers of location discourse applications.