Location Sensing Technologies and Applications
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چکیده
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.......................................................................... 2 1. LOCATION SENSING AND THE MOBILE INTERNET .......................... 3 2. LOCATION SENSING SYSTEM PROPERTIES ..................................... 5 2.1 DEVICE VERSUS NETWORK LOCATION CALCULATION ..........................................5 2.2 LOCATION SENSING TECHNOLOGIES .............................................................6 2.3 PHYSICAL POSITION AND SEMANTIC LOCATION ................................................7 2.4 ACCURACY AND PRECISION........................................................................9 2.5 OTHER PROPERTIES .............................................................................. 10 3. CASE STUDIES................................................................................ 11 3.1 UCSD ACTIVE CAMPUS.......................................................................... 11 3.2 UW LABSCAPE .................................................................................... 12 3.3 LANCASTER’S GUIDE.............................................................................. 13 4. CONCLUSIONS................................................................................ 15 APPENDIX. COMPARATIVE CHART..................................................... 16 GLOSSARY .......................................................................................... 19 REFERENCES ...................................................................................... 20
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