scholarly journals A Platform and Its Applied Modes for Geography Fieldwork in Higher Education Based on Location Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Ling Ruan ◽  
Yi Long ◽  
Ling Zhang ◽  
Guonian Lv
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Geography Education ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Dynamic Adjustment ◽  
Location Services ◽  
Significant Support ◽  
Independent Mode ◽  
Teacher Centered

Fieldwork is an important aspect of geography learning in higher educational institutions. Under the support of mobile technologies, the process and method of fieldwork in geography education have significantly been changed. However, the in-depth combination of Location-Based Services (LBSs) and geography fieldwork is still in the initial exploration stage. This paper designed and implemented a professional geography fieldwork platform based on Lushan, a famous geography fieldwork education station in Jiangxi, China. The platform includes the student-side mobile application, teacher-side mobile application, and a web back-end management system. Three specific technologically-enhanced applied modes were put forward based on the platform, which contains teacher-centered, semi-supervised, and student-independent modes. Students’ views on the three applied modes and usage in the fieldwork platform were collected through a questionnaire. The result shows that the LBS fieldwork platform has significant support for geography fieldwork. It meets the needs of students and reduces the burden for teachers. The teacher-centered is the most popular mode for students. Due to the unguaranteed fieldwork safety, inconvenient dynamic adjustment, and the habit of relying on the teacher’s explanation, the student-independent mode based on the LBS platform has apparent limitations. Nevertheless, students can recognize its potential in improving their practical, cooperative, and autonomous abilities. They are willing to try independent fieldwork supported by the platform in several days.

The Socio-Ethical Considerations Surrounding Government Mandated Location-Based Services during Emergencies

2011 ◽  
pp. 129-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anas Aloudat ◽  
Katina Michael
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
National Security ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Location Services

The adoption of mobile technologies for emergency management has the capacity to save lives. In Australia in February 2009, the Victorian bushfires claimed 173 lives, the worst peace-time disaster in the nation’s history. The Australian government responded swiftly to the tragedy by going to tender for mobile applications that could be used during emergencies, such as mobile alerts and location services. These applications have the ability to deliver personalized information direct to the citizen during crises, complementing traditional broadcasting mediums like television and radio. Indeed governments have a responsibility to their citizens to safeguard them against both natural and human-made hazards, and today, national security has grown to encapsulate such societal and economic securitization. However, some citizens and lobby groups have emphasized that such breakthrough technologies need to be deployed with caution as they are fraught with ethical considerations, including the potential for breaches in privacy, security, and trust.

The Value of Government Mandated Location-Based Services in Emergencies in Australia

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anas Aloudat ◽  
Katina Michael ◽  
Roba Abbas ◽  
Mutaz Al-Debei
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
National Security ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Location Services ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
National Emergency

The adoption of mobile technologies for emergency management has the capacity to save lives. In Australia in February 2009, the Victorian Bushfires claimed 173 lives, the worst peace-time disaster in the nation’s history. The Australian government responded swiftly to the tragedy by going to tender for mobile applications that could be used during emergencies, such as mobile alerts and location services. These applications have the ability to deliver personalized information direct to the citizen during crises, complementing traditional broadcasting mediums like television and radio. Indeed governments have a responsibility to their citizens to safeguard them against both natural and human-made hazards and today national security has grown to encapsulate such societal and economic securitization. However, some citizens and lobby groups have emphasized that such breakthrough technologies need to be deployed with caution as they are fraught with ethical considerations, including the potential for breaches in privacy, security and trust. The other problem is that real world implementations of national emergency alerts have not always worked reliably and their value has come into question as a result. This paper provides a big picture view of the value of government-mandated location-based services during emergencies, and the challenges ensuing from their use.

The Value of Government Mandated Location-Based Services in Emergencies in Australia

2013 ◽  
pp. 244-272
Author(s):  
Anas Aloudat ◽  
Katina Michael ◽  
Roba Abbas ◽  
Mutaz Al-Debei
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
National Security ◽  
Real World ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Location Services ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
National Emergency

The adoption of mobile technologies for emergency management has the capacity to save lives. In Australia in February 2009, the Victorian Bushfires claimed 173 lives, the worst peace-time disaster in the nation’s history. The Australian government responded swiftly to the tragedy by going to tender for mobile applications that could be used during emergencies, such as mobile alerts and location services. These applications have the ability to deliver personalized information direct to the citizen during crises, complementing traditional broadcasting mediums like television and radio. Indeed governments have a responsibility to their citizens to safeguard them against both natural and human-made hazards and today national security has grown to encapsulate such societal and economic securitization. However, some citizens and lobby groups have emphasized that such breakthrough technologies need to be deployed with caution as they are fraught with ethical considerations, including the potential for breaches in privacy, security and trust. The other problem is that real world implementations of national emergency alerts have not always worked reliably and their value has come into question as a result. This paper provides a big picture view of the value of government-mandated location-based services during emergencies, and the challenges ensuing from their use.

The Socio-Ethical Considerations Surrounding Government Mandated Location-Based Services during Emergencies

2013 ◽  
pp. 918-943
Author(s):  
Anas Aloudat ◽  
Katina Michael
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
National Security ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Location Services

The adoption of mobile technologies for emergency management has the capacity to save lives. In Australia in February 2009, the Victorian bushfires claimed 173 lives, the worst peace-time disaster in the nation’s history. The Australian government responded swiftly to the tragedy by going to tender for mobile applications that could be used during emergencies, such as mobile alerts and location services. These applications have the ability to deliver personalized information direct to the citizen during crises, complementing traditional broadcasting mediums like television and radio. Indeed governments have a responsibility to their citizens to safeguard them against both natural and human-made hazards, and today, national security has grown to encapsulate such societal and economic securitization. However, some citizens and lobby groups have emphasized that such breakthrough technologies need to be deployed with caution as they are fraught with ethical considerations, including the potential for breaches in privacy, security, and trust.

scholarly journals Mobile Tour Planning Using Landmark Photo Matching and Intelligent Character Recognition

2012 ◽  
Vol 182-183 ◽  
pp. 854-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Ming Huang ◽  
Wen Hung Liao ◽  
Sheng Chih Chen
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Character Recognition ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Location Based Service ◽  
Voice Communication ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Travel Experience ◽  
Intelligent Character Recognition ◽  
Tourist Information

The functionalities of smart phones have extended from basic voice communication to gaming, multimedia entertainment, information retrieval and location-based services. In this paper, we attempt to design a mobile application to assist visitors to have better understandings of popular tourist destinations and related routing information while on tour. The users can obtain descriptions of a specific attraction by simply taking the picture of a landmark photo often shown in the travel booklet using their mobile devices. This is achieved by matching the landmark picture with an image database containing popular tourist spots to locate the interested destination. The location information is further confirmed using techniques in intelligent character recognition. Upon successful identification of the interested location, tourist information regarding this destination, along with the routing details will be delivered using location-based service. We anticipate the proposed mobile application to effectively assist foreign visitors by bringing comprehensive, up-to-date tourist information and promoting better travel experience.

scholarly journals A Framework for Research in Gamified Mobile Guide Applications using Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs)

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Doumanis ◽  
Serengul Smith
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Conversational Agents ◽  
Cultural Narratives ◽  
Unified Framework ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Player Experience ◽  
Cognitive Accessibility

Mobile Guides are mobile applications that provide players with local and location-based services (LBS), such as navigation assistance, where and when they need them most. Advances in mobile technologies in recent years have enabled the gamification of these applications, opening up new opportunities to transfer education and culture through game play. However, adding traditional game elements such as PBLs (points, badges, and leaderboards) alone cannot ensure that the intended learning outcomes will be met, as the player’s cognitive resources are shared between the application and the surrounding environment. This distribution of resources prevents players from easily immersing themselves into the educational scenario. Adding artificial conversational characters (ECAs) that simulate the social norms found in real-life human-to-human guide scenarios has the potential to address this problem and improve the player’s experience and learning of cultural narratives [1]. Although significant progress has been made towards creating game-like mobile guides with ECAs ([2], [3]), there is still a lack of a unified framework that enables researchers and practitioners to investigate the potential effects of such applications to players and how to approach the concepts of player experience, cognitive accessibility and usability in this context. This paper presents a theoretically-well supported research framework consisted of four key components: differences in players, different features of the gamified task, aspects of how the ECA looks, sound or behaves and different mobile environments. Furthermore, it provides based on this framework a working definition of what player experience, cognitive accessibility and usability are in the context of game-like mobile guide applications. Finally, a synthesis of the results of six empirical studies conducted within this research framework is discussed and a series of design guidelines for the effective gamification of mobile guide applications using ECAs are presented. Results show that an ECA can positively affect the quality of the player’s experience, but it did not elicit better player retention of cultural narratives and navigation of routes.

scholarly journals The Development of A Mobile Application Prototype Tour Taman Mini Indonesia Indah

I-STATEMENT ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-08
Author(s):  
Anne Sukmayani ◽  
Erza Sofian ◽  
Abdul Barir Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Programming Languages ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Life Cycle Approach ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Open Platform ◽  
Development Life Cycle

The development of information technology has a direct impact on the improvement of the mobile phone industry, resulting in increased production and use of smartphones as a medium of information exchange. This development also creates an evolution in the world of mobile services. Android is one of the operating systems on mobile phones that provides an open platform for developers to build applications on various mobile devices. This research aims to build an Android-based mobile application that provides information on tourist attractions in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. in real time and apply location-based services to the application. This TMII travel guide mobile application was created using Android Studio as an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), Google Maps API, and SQLite and MySql. The programming languages used are java, xml, sql, and php. The research method used is the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) approach with the Rapid Application Development (RAD) model.

scholarly journals Implementation of a Location Services Based Android Application and Accompanying Server Backend

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-317
Author(s):  
Kristijan Lukaček ◽  
Matija Mikac ◽  
Miroslav Horvatić
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Android Application ◽  
Location Services ◽  
Textual Data ◽  
Android Operating System ◽  
The Web

This paper is focused on the usage of location services in mobile applications that were developed for the purpose of reporting different events that are based on their location. The event that is intended to be generic and universal can, as in examples used in this paper, be the reporting of some occurrence to a city’s communal affairs office. Such a generic event can include both multimedia and textual data, in addition to location information obtained using mobile device running the app. The software solution that is described in this paper consists of a mobile application that was developed for the Android operating system and a web application that includes a series of PHP scripts that run on a dedicated server. The web application consists of a backend scripts that facilitate the communication of a smart phone and the server and frontend related scripts used by users and administrators to access and check the data and process the reported events.

Teaching Fundamental Math Concepts

2015 ◽  
pp. 268-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Wall ◽  
Michael P. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
School Classroom ◽  
Mathematics Teaching And Learning ◽  
Drill And Practice ◽  
Math Concepts

The use of mobile devices such as iPads to improve mathematics teaching and learning is on the rise. Parents are using them to informally teach their children (Franklin, 2011), teachers are using them for drill and practice (Murray & Olcese, 2011), and even politicians and administrators are pushing for more use of mobile technologies in classrooms (Murray & Olcese, 2011). With the increased prominence of iPads in the classroom—by 2013 Apple had sold 8 million iPads directly to educational institutions (Etherington, 2013)—the need for well-designed apps has never been greater. In this chapter, the authors explore what makes a good app, what to do when you cannot find the app that you need, and discuss how to successfully deploy apps in the elementary school classroom.

Towards a Classification Framework for Mobile Location Based Services

2011 ◽  
pp. 67-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
George M. Giaglis ◽  
Panos Kourouthanassis ◽  
Argiros Tsamakos
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Mobile User ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Location Services ◽  
Mobile Location ◽  
Classification Framework ◽  
Future Potential ◽  
Pricing Schemes

The emerging world of mobile commerce is characterized by a multiplicity of exciting new technologies, applications, and services. Among the most promising ones will be the ability to identify the exact geographical location of a mobile user at any time. This ability opens the door to a new world of innovative services, which are commonly referred to as Mobile Location Services (MLS). This chapter aims at exploring the fascinating world of MLS, identifying the most pertinent issues that will determine its future potential, and laying down the foundation of a new field of research and practice. The contribution of our analysis is encapsulated into a novel classification of mobile location services that can serve both as an analytical toolkit and an actionable framework that systemizes our understanding of MLS applications, underlying technologies, business models, and pricing schemes.

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