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SPRINGER Web And Wireless Geographical Information Systems 6Th International Symposium W2Gis 2006 by CARSWELL, JAMES D., TEZUKA, TARO (EDS.)
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems, W2GIS 2006, held in Hong Kong, China in December 2006. The 24 revised full papers cover a wide range of topics from the semantic Web, Web personalization, contextual representation and mapping to querying in mobile environments, mobile networks and recent developments in location-based services and applications. Session 1 - Location-Based Services.- Putting Location-Based Services on the Map.- Beyond Location Based - The Spatially Aware Mobile Phone.- An Event Detection Service for Spatio-temporal Applications.- A Tourism Information System for Rural Areas Based on a Multi Platform Concept.- Session 2 - W2GIS Applications and Prototypes.- Prediction of GPS Multipath Effect Using LiDAR Digital Surface Models and Building Footprints.- The Web Integration of the GPS+GPRS+GIS Tracking System and Real-Time Monitoring System Based on MAS.- A Management System of Street Trees by Using RFID.- A Modular Neural Network Approach to Improve Map-Matched GPS Positioning.- Session 3 - Wayfinding, Mobile and Wireless GIS.- Representational Issues in Interactive Wayfinding Systems: Navigating the Auckland University Campus.- A Hybrid Spatial Model for Representing Indoor Environments.- MEMS Mobile GIS: A Spatially Enabled Fish Habitat Management System.- A Mobile Computing Approach for Navigation Purposes.- Session 4 - W2GIS Personalization and Agent.- Improving Archaeological Heritage Information Access Through a Personalised GIS Interface.- Designing Adaptive Spatio-temporal Information Systems for Natural Hazard Risks with ASTIS.- A Contextual Approach for the Development of GIS: Application to Maritime Navigation.- P2P and Agent Service Based On-Line 3DGIS.- Session 5 - Data Management and Data Retrieval Methods.- Integrating Data from Maps on the World-Wide Web.- Web-Based Cluster Analysis for the Time-Series Signature of Local Spatial Association.- A Methodology for Predicting Performances of Map-Matching Algorithms.- Path Planning for Chaining Geospatial Web Services.- Session 6 - Semantic Geo-spatial Web and Ubiquitous W2GIS.- Indexing Moving Objects on Road Networks in P2P and Broadcasting Environments.- GeoComputation in the Grid Computing Age.- Semantic Spatial Web Services with Case-Based Reasoning.- TMOM: A Moving Object Main Memory-Based DBMS for Telematics Services.