Overview of positioning technologies from fitness-to-purpose point of view

Even though Location Based Services (LBSs) are being more and more widely-used and this shows a promising future, there are still many challenges to deal with, such as privacy, reliability, accuracy, cost of service, power consumption and availability. There is still no single low-cost positioning t...

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Main Authors: Basiri, Anahid, Lohan, Elena Simona, Figueiredo e Silva, Pedro, Peltola, Pekka, Hill, Chris, Moore, Terry
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Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33418/
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author Basiri, Anahid
Lohan, Elena Simona
Figueiredo e Silva, Pedro
Peltola, Pekka
Hill, Chris
Moore, Terry
author_facet Basiri, Anahid
Lohan, Elena Simona
Figueiredo e Silva, Pedro
Peltola, Pekka
Hill, Chris
Moore, Terry
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description Even though Location Based Services (LBSs) are being more and more widely-used and this shows a promising future, there are still many challenges to deal with, such as privacy, reliability, accuracy, cost of service, power consumption and availability. There is still no single low-cost positioning technology which provides position of its users seamlessly indoors and outdoors with an acceptable level of accuracy and low power consumption. For this reason, fitness of positioning service to the purpose of LBS application is an important parameter to be considered when choosing the most suitable positioning technology for an LBS. This should be done for any LBS application, since each application may need different requirements. Some location-based applications, such as location-based advertisements or Location-Based Social Networking (LBSN), do not need very accurate positioning input data, while for some others, e.g. navigation and tracking services, highly-accurate positioning is essential. This paper evaluates different positioning technologies from fitness-to-purpose point of view for two different applications, public transport information and family/friend tracking.
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spelling nottingham-334182020-05-04T16:47:17Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33418/ Overview of positioning technologies from fitness-to-purpose point of view Basiri, Anahid Lohan, Elena Simona Figueiredo e Silva, Pedro Peltola, Pekka Hill, Chris Moore, Terry Even though Location Based Services (LBSs) are being more and more widely-used and this shows a promising future, there are still many challenges to deal with, such as privacy, reliability, accuracy, cost of service, power consumption and availability. There is still no single low-cost positioning technology which provides position of its users seamlessly indoors and outdoors with an acceptable level of accuracy and low power consumption. For this reason, fitness of positioning service to the purpose of LBS application is an important parameter to be considered when choosing the most suitable positioning technology for an LBS. This should be done for any LBS application, since each application may need different requirements. Some location-based applications, such as location-based advertisements or Location-Based Social Networking (LBSN), do not need very accurate positioning input data, while for some others, e.g. navigation and tracking services, highly-accurate positioning is essential. This paper evaluates different positioning technologies from fitness-to-purpose point of view for two different applications, public transport information and family/friend tracking. 2014-06-01 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Basiri, Anahid, Lohan, Elena Simona, Figueiredo e Silva, Pedro, Peltola, Pekka, Hill, Chris and Moore, Terry (2014) Overview of positioning technologies from fitness-to-purpose point of view. In: International Conference on Localization and GNSS 2014 (ICL-GNSS 2014), 24-26 June 2014, Helsinki. Location Based Service (LBS); Positioning Technologies; Fitness-To-Purpose; http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICL-GNSS.2014.6934176 doi:10.1109/ICL-GNSS.2014.6934176 doi:10.1109/ICL-GNSS.2014.6934176
spellingShingle Location Based Service (LBS); Positioning Technologies; Fitness-To-Purpose;
Basiri, Anahid
Lohan, Elena Simona
Figueiredo e Silva, Pedro
Peltola, Pekka
Hill, Chris
Moore, Terry
Overview of positioning technologies from fitness-to-purpose point of view
title Overview of positioning technologies from fitness-to-purpose point of view
title_full Overview of positioning technologies from fitness-to-purpose point of view
title_fullStr Overview of positioning technologies from fitness-to-purpose point of view
title_full_unstemmed Overview of positioning technologies from fitness-to-purpose point of view
title_short Overview of positioning technologies from fitness-to-purpose point of view
title_sort overview of positioning technologies from fitness-to-purpose point of view
topic Location Based Service (LBS); Positioning Technologies; Fitness-To-Purpose;
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33418/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33418/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33418/