"GIS on the fly" to realize wireless GIS network by Java mobile phone

Author

Takin, Shuichi

Author_Institution

Dawn Corp., Kobe, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

3-6 Dec 2001

Firstpage

76

Abstract

Java cellular phone has arrived in the marketplace as the latest device of mobile gear. The gear is very compact, allowing 10 KB for Java program size and 5 KB for data size. Although small in size, it features an innovative computer system architecture. The Java program can be sent dynamically to the gear in a streaming manner over a wireless network. In addition, compared to conventional mobile computers, Java cell phone is very cheap both in hardware price and in communication cost. Java cell phone has an enormous potential as mobile gear. We discuss our trial of constructing an extensive wireless GIS network by utilizing Java cell phone as a GIS terminal

Keywords

Java; cellular radio; geographic information systems; mobile computing; visual databases; wireless LAN; Java; cell phone; communication cost; data size; geographic information system; innovative computer system architecture; mobile computers; mobile phone; price; program size; streaming; wireless GIS network; Cellular phones; Computer architecture; Costs; Gears; Geographic Information Systems; Hardware; Java; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Web Information Systems Engineering, 2001. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kyoto

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1393-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WISE.2001.996711

Filename

996711