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http://cid-facb429f1db87808.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/ICC%202008%20LBS%20for%20Mobiles%20%7C5simplified%7C6%20R2.pdf
http://to.swang.googlepages.com/lbs
Most people believe it would be the next big thing or killer app. Quite a few others have different opinion. e.g.,
http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2008/06/do-we-need-lbs/
http://www.lewebmobile.com/2008/06/do-humans-really-need-location-based.html
Here I can possibly present one opinion from the consumer/end-user perspective, which I have posted in some other places too.
Do we need LBS so badly?
Before I really go to the details. Let me give a review of one simple concept and theory here, which are called ?Home Range Concept? and ?Traffic Pattern Theory?.
Home Range Concept. It is a concept that can be traced back to a publication in 1943 by W. H. Burt, who constructed maps delineating the spatial extent or outside boundary of an animal?s movement during the course of its everyday activities.
Traffic Pattern Theory. A people?s daily activity pattern is pretty regular, which comprises of several major events, such as school, work, home, shopping.
As I remember, a technical explanation of traffic pattern theory can be found in a report by Stefan Schonfelder, STRC 2001.
http://www.strc.ch/schoenfe.pdf
What happened here is if you are looking at the traffic pattern of a person, saying a full-time employed, 45 years, car, 3-person-household, one child, the regular activity route is so LIMITED. So, does this mean ?
- by Noitacol June 13, 2008 10:46 AM PDT
- This was copied from my year-old blog. These years, I browsed around about the location-based services (LBS). A more detailed explanation of LBS for mobiles I found is
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http://to.swang.googlepages.com/lbs
Most people believe it would be the next big thing or killer app. Quite a few others have different opinion. e.g.,
http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2008/06/do-we-need-lbs/
http://www.lewebmobile.com/2008/06/do-humans-really-need-location-based.html
Here I can possibly present one opinion from the consumer/end-user perspective, which I have posted in some other places too.
Do we need LBS so badly?
Before I really go to the details. Let me give a review of one simple concept and theory here, which are called ?Home Range Concept? and ?Traffic Pattern Theory?.
Home Range Concept. It is a concept that can be traced back to a publication in 1943 by W. H. Burt, who constructed maps delineating the spatial extent or outside boundary of an animal?s movement during the course of its everyday activities.
Traffic Pattern Theory. A people?s daily activity pattern is pretty regular, which comprises of several major events, such as school, work, home, shopping.
As I remember, a technical explanation of traffic pattern theory can be found in a report by Stefan Schonfelder, STRC 2001.
http://www.strc.ch/schoenfe.pdf
What happened here is if you are looking at the traffic pattern of a person, saying a full-time employed, 45 years, car, 3-person-household, one child, the regular activity route is so LIMITED. So, does this mean ?