Editorial Review:
This book presents a general picture of research-driven activities related to location- and map-based services. This type of research has emerged in recent years in the areas of positioning, spatial modeling, and cartographic communication as well as in the emerging fields of ubiquitous cartography, geopervasive services and user-centered modeling. The innovative and contemporary character of these areas of research results in a great variety of interdisciplinary contributions, from academia to business, and computer science to geodesy. While contemporary cartography is exploring new and efficient ways of communicating spatial information, the development and availability of mobile devices, mobile networking and short-range sensors lead to interesting new means of conveying locational information. By attempting to make use of the available technology, cartographers and a variety of researchers from related disciplines look specifically at user-centered and context-aware system development as well as new forms of supporting wayfinding and navigational systems.
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look for new business ideas 2007-05-02
This book can be mined for new business ideas. There has been a greatly increased availability of geographical information, and at ever cheaper costs. The best known example in the text is of course GPS. Basically, the hitherto sleepy fields of geography and cartography are being radically changed, as discussed here.
It used to be that geographic information was rarely available to the average person, and hence little used. Nor was that information about her current and mobile location. Crucially, it currently appears that GPS in tandem with the cellphone is the key combination. In part because the cellphone network, which is already deployed at massive cost, can sometimes enhance the resolution of the GPS data.
Now, location based services have a huge potential economic value. What might these services be? That speculation is the focus of the book. If you are an entrepreneur, venture capitalist or some other such person, interested in innovative schemes, it is worth perusing the book. (Despite its hefty price tag!)
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