Pharos: coupling GSM and GPS-TALK technologies to provide orientation, navigation and location-based services for the blind

Author

Marsh, Andy ; May, Michael ; Saarelainen, Markku

Author_Institution

Inst. of Commun. & Comput. Syst., Athens, Greece

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

43

Abstract

Millions of people are already experiencing with GSM the freedom of going mobile for voice and Internet access. This freedom is reshaping every aspect of our lives; the way we do business, the way we buy things and the way we communicate. For the blind, when combined with GPS, it could also add the freedom of movement. The paper considers the development, implications and application of a new GSM service, called “Pharos”, which is a combination of the latest advanced technology, in the form of a navigation mobile phone (a combined GPS+GSM device), location-based services and talking map software

Keywords

Global Positioning System; computerised navigation; handicapped aids; radionavigation; radiotelephony; GPS-TALK technologies; GSM; Pharos; blind people; location-based services; navigation mobile phone; orientation-based services; talking map software; Application software; Business communication; Europe; GSM; Global Positioning System; Internet; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Navigation; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 IEEE EMBS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6449-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITAB.2000.892345

Filename

892345