Location-based Services and the Role of Modern Cartography

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-174
Author(s):  
Georg Gartner
Keyword(s):  
Location Based Services

Known by the Network

2003 ◽  
pp. 171-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart James Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Strategic Issues ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Asset Tracking ◽  
The Media ◽  
Revenue Streams ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

The use of mobile telecommunications devices for commercial transactions, coined mobile (m-) commerce, has been an emerging trend since the late 1990s. As the phenomenal growth of the Internet and mobile devices has continued unabated, the inevitable convergence of these two streams of technologies has occurred, promising a plethora of mobile data services to the handset user. Although these services have been considerably hyped in the media, and adoption has been somewhat patchy and limited, it does signal the emergence of a range of innovative value added services. With further developments in technology and markets, further services will appear, bringing new revenue streams. One potential area of m-commerce development is in location-based services (LBS). LBS are heralded as the next major class of value added services that mobile network operators can offer their customers. Using a range of network- and handset-based positioning techniques, operators will be able to offer entirely new services and improvements on current ones. Popular examples cited include emergency caller location, people or asset tracking, navigation, location-based information, or geographically sensitive billing. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the technologies, applications and strategic issues associated with the commercialisation of LBS. The chapter concludes with some predictions on the role of LBS in m-commerce.

scholarly journals Context in a wider context

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (Mobile Learning) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Traxler
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Context Aware ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The Future ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Sense Of Time ◽  
Personal Mobile Devices

This paper attempts to review and reconsider the role of context in mobile learning and starts by outlining definitions of context-aware mobile learning as the technologies have become more mature, more robust and more widely available and as the notion of context has become progressively richer. The future role of context-aware mobile learning is considered within the context of the future of mobile learning as it moves from the challenges and opportunities of pedagogy and technology to the challenges and opportunities of policy, scale, sustainability, equity and engagement with augmented reality, «blended learning», «learner devices», «user-generated contexts» and the «internet of things». This is essentially a perspective on mobile learning, and other forms of technology-enhanced learning (TEL), where educators and their institutions set the agenda and manage change. There are, however, other perspectives on context. The increasing availability and use of smart-phones and other personal mobile devices with similar powerful functionality means that the experience of context for many people, in the form of personalized or location-based services, is an increasingly social and informal experience, rather than a specialist or educational experience. This is part of the transformative impact of mobility and connectedness on our societies brought about by these universal, ubiquitous and pervasive technologies. This paper contributes a revised understanding of context in the wider context (sic) of the transformations taking place in our societies. These are subtle but pervasive transformations of jobs, work and the economy, of our sense of time, space and place, of knowing and learning, and of community and identity. This leads to a radical reconsideration of context as the notions of ‹self› and ‹other› are transformed.

scholarly journals The role of demographic and motivational factors on mobile commerce usage activities in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm Cullen ◽  
Salah K. Kabanda
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Mobile Commerce ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Education Status ◽  
African Perspective

Background: Many studies have examined the mobile commerce phenomenon and most of these have focused on understanding the organisational and environmental factors that affect its adoption. Few have examined how an individual’s characteristics and their perceived motivational appetite affect their mobile commerce usage and specifically the activities they engage in. Objectives: This study examines the role of demographics (individuals’ characteristics) and motivational factors on mobile commerce usage activities from the South African perspective. Method: An objective approach and a positivistic stance were followed. The research model and instrument from earlier studies by Chong (2013a) were contextualised to suit this study. Data collection was done through an online questionnaire, 88 responses were received and 81 used for data analysis. Results: The findings show that age is significantly related to mobile commerce transactions, and one’s education status influences the following mobile commerce usage activities: transactions and location-based services. One’s gender influences how one uses mobile commerce. A significant relationship between all three motivational variables and mobile commerce usage activities is evident. Conclusion: The findings provide the financial services industry and providers of mobile commerce offerings with a better understanding of the relationships between customer demographics and the mobile commerce activities they engage in. An additional variable of customer income has been identified for future studies to better understand the relationship.

The place of the emplaced mobile: A case study into gendered locative media practices

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa Hjorth
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Camera Phone ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Locative Media ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Visual Cultures

In this inaugural issue of the timely Mobile Media & Communication journal, questions have been posed about the state of play for mobile communication now and in the future. Given the growing convergence between mobile, social and locative media, this requires a reassessment of mobile media and its relationship with place and intimacy. How are these convergent media platforms, contexts and practices shaping, and being shaped by, intimate cartographies of place? Drawing on a case study of location-based services, games and camera phone practices in South Korea, this paper explores the role of gendered visual cultures in the relationship between place and intimacy.

The Role of Push-Pull Technology in Privacy Calculus: The Case of Location-Based Services

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng Xu ◽  
Hock-Hai Teo ◽  
Bernard C. Y. Tan ◽  
Ritu Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Location Based Services ◽  
Privacy Calculus

scholarly journals One Model of Geo-Location Services for Telecom Operators

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Dr. Yousef Ibrahim Daradkeh ◽  
Mujahed ALdhaifallah ◽  
Dmitry Namiot
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Location Based Service ◽  
Location Services ◽  
Location Data ◽  
Data Channel ◽  
Traditional Service

This paper discusses location-based service for telecom providers. Most of the location-based services in the mobile networks are introduced and deployed by Internet companies. It leaves for telecom just the role of the data channel. Telecom providers should use their competitive advantages and offer own solutions. In our article, we discuss the sharing location information via geo messages. Geo messages let mobile users share location information as signatures to the standard messages (e.g., email, SMS). Rather than let some service constantly monitor (poll) the user’s location (as the most standalone services do) or share location info within any social circle (social network check-in, etc.) The Geo Messages approach lets users share location data on the peer to peer basis. Users can share own location info with any existing messaging systems. And messaging (e.g., SMS) is the traditional service for telecom.

Role of dactinomycin in the improved survival of children with Wilms' tumor

JAMA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 195 (12) ◽  
pp. 1005-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Fernbach
Keyword(s):  
Wilms Tumor

Role of the allergist in diagnosis and management of patients with uveitis

JAMA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 195 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Van Metre
Keyword(s):  
Diagnosis And Management
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