User-centered location awareness

Author

Schmandt, Chris ; Marmasse, Natalia

Author_Institution

Media Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

10

fYear

2004

Firstpage

110

Lastpage

111

Abstract

Mobile computing and communication devices now provide access to information from nearly anywhere, and many of these devices know where they are. Much current research focuses on using location awareness to provide information about a user\´s surroundings. We believe that geographic information can be personalized based on its relevance to the user, with appropriate descriptions or granularity to deliver valuable location-aware services. A location-aware memory aid, comMotion tracks a user\´s path via the Global Positioning System (GPS) and maintains "to do" lists for select locations consisting of text and voice recordings.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; geographic information systems; mobile computing; mobile handsets; user centred design; Global Positioning System; comMotion location-aware memory aid; communication devices; geographic information personalization; information access; mobile computing; to do lists; user-centered location awareness; valuable location-aware services; Bicycles; Displays; Face detection; Global Positioning System; Laboratories; Legged locomotion; Mobile radio mobility management; Monitoring; Relays; Watches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2004.182

Filename

1350740