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21 March 2003 Location-based information retrieval framework
Gurushyam Hariharan, Sandeep Mehta
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Abstract
The recent advances in mobile communication technologies and their widespread use calls for a host of new value added services for the mobile user. In their current avatar, these deices are not more than mere communication equipments. Now consumer orientated, mobile, internet connected devices which are location aware (that are capable of determining and transmitting their current geographical location) are becoming available everywhere. The availability of internet access and location awareness in portable devices like cell phones, Personal Digital Assistants, etc. opens up a host of new opportunities for services which can en cash on the location of the user. Besides providing navigational information to the user, additional push down information can be sent to the user based on his profile and his preferences. The domain is wide and the number of applications is enormous. This paper presents a design and implementation of a basic location aware service.
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Gurushyam Hariharan and Sandeep Mehta "Location-based information retrieval framework", Proc. SPIE 5098, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: Theory, Tools, and Technology V, (21 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.496985
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KEYWORDS
Roads

Databases

Internet

Cell phones

Mobile devices

Personal digital assistants

Geographic information systems

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