Wireless positioning techniques - A developers update

S. Rooney, K. Gardiner, J. D. Carswell

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Abstract

This paper describes the current efforts to develop an open source, privacy sensitive, location determination software component for mobile devices. Currently in mobile computing, the ability of a mobile device to determine its own location is becoming increasingly desirable as the usefulness of such a feature enhances many commercial applications. There have been numerous attempts to achieve this from both the network positioning perspective and also from the wireless beacon angle not to mention the integration of GPS into mobile devices. There are two important aspects to consider when using such a system which are privacy and cost. This paper describes the development of a software component that is sensitive to these issues. The ICiNG Location Client (ILC) is based on some pioneering work carried out by the Place Lab Project at Intel. (Hightower et al., 2006) The ILC advances this research to make it available on mobile devices and attempts to integrate GSM, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS positioning into one positioning module. An outline of the ILC's design is given and some of the obstacles encountered during its development are described.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWeb and Wireless Geographical Information Systems - 7th International Symposium, W2GIS 2007, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages162-174
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783540769231
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event7th International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems, W2GIS 2007 - Cardiff, United Kingdom
Duration: 28 Nov 200729 Nov 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4857 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference7th International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems, W2GIS 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCardiff
Period28/11/0729/11/07

Keywords

  • Location based services
  • Location prediction
  • WiFi positioning

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