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Location Based Web Services Getting Ready for Where 2.0. Milind Nimesh mn2353@columbia.edu. Current Web Services. Targeted towards desktop users Information arranged by keywords Location of user not taken into account Mobile version means stripped down version. The Computer.
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Location Based Web ServicesGetting Ready for Where 2.0 Milind Nimesh mn2353@columbia.edu
Current Web Services • Targeted towards desktop users • Information arranged by keywords • Location of user not taken into account • Mobile version means stripped down version
The Location Context “Location Based Web Services are information services accessible with mobile devices through the mobile network and utilizing the ability to make use of the location of the mobile device.”
Answering the Questions: Where Am I? Where are my friends? What is here around me? Designing a Location Based Application
Offering Location Based Web Services • Extending existing web services • Linking data to the real world • Tagging user generated content • Geographical RSS • Utilizing mapping services • Location based search Web 2.0 Where 2.0
Developing a Sample Application • Java Micro Edition • Net Beans 2.5 • Sun Wireless Tool Kit • JSR 179 Location API
Thanks References • Stefan Steiniger, Mortiz Neun, Alistar Edwards, Foundations of Location Based Services, www.geo.unizh.ch/publications/cartouche/lbs_lecturenotes_steinigeretal2006.pdf • GeoRss, Geographically Encoded Objects for RSS feeds: GeoRSS version 1.0, http://www.georss.org/1 • Andrew Turner, Geotagging Web Pages and RSS Feeds, http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/8025 • Yahoo Zonetag Research http://zonetag.research.yahoo.com/ • Net Beans Mobility Pack http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/mobility.html