Using and determining location in a context-sensitive tour guide
Davies, N.; Cheverst, K.; Mitchell, K.; Efrat, A.
Computer
Volume 34, Issue 8, Aug 2001 Page(s):35 - 41
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/2.940011
Summary:In a study that provided unique insights into the challenges
associated with developing location-based applications, the Lancaster
Guide project used members of the general public to test a
network-centric electronic tourist guide. We discuss two main topics.
The first is our choice of positioning technology - beacons that
broadcast using an IEEE 802.11 wireless network combined with user
input. The second topic concerns techniques for generating custom tours
for electronic city-guide systems. Guide generates these custom tours by
taking into account multiple contextual triggers and user preferences.
In practice, producing good tours and, indeed, assessing the quality of
a tour are difficult tasks. While our analysis of techniques for
producing custom tours is somewhat specific to the city-guide domain we
believe that the majority of our work is relevant to location-based
systems in general
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