Prof. A. Ferscha, Insitut for Pervasive Computing, University Linz, Austria, CV...

Spatial Awareness of Digital Artefacts pdf...

Prof. J. Strobl, Salzburg University, Austria, CV...

Realtime Geography Presentation...

Empirical work in Geography traditionally was focussed on the analysis of recordings from (past) field work, aiming at understanding and explaining patterns and processes in space. Progress in remote sensing technologies has enabled a much more current perspective, change detection and multitemporal monitoring. The combination of ubiquitous sensors with telecommunication very recently has now facilitated real time feedback from analyses and virtual models into the real world, potentially permitting control and regulation mechanisms. Geographical concepts therefore in many ways are being adapted towards realtime contexts. Realtime Geography is becoming a powerful framework including rapid feedback, interaction and participation, and tighter integration of virtual and real world societies.

Prof. F. Leberl, Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology, CV...

3-Dimensional Location-Awareness on the Internet for Search, Navigation and e-Commerce Presentation...

Search on the Internet has become a hotly contested application for geo-locations in 2 and 3 dimensions. In urban areas, this is rapidly growing into3-dimensional models and photo-realism. The driver for these developments is  search, navigation and e-commerce. Innovation intervals are now at about 3 months for yet another improvement and innovation. The talk addresses this development via the example of Microsoft’s Virtual Earth initiative.

J. Koski, Nokia Gate5, Germany

Creating context based services for mobile users Presentation...

Users with advances mobile devices open a wide range of new opportunities and challenges for creating interesting context based services. In addition to scaling and optimising maps for the mobile device capabilities and usage context, the features and UI of the application should be designed to serve specifically mobile user’s needs. Mobile devices also enable whole new service models, as they provide an unmatched tool for creating and sourcing context based information around the world. As a personal device by definition, mobile phones naturally add a social aspect to location. Successful context based services address the underserved user needs by connecting people and places in an intuitive and enjoyable way.

Prof. E. Beinat, University of Salzburg, Austria and Geodan Mobile Solutions, The Netherlands, CV...

People as Sensors: Urban Visibility Through Collective Location Services

Real-time location sensing for assets, vehicles or people is increasingly becoming a hot topic in the web, wireless and RFID industry. However, aggregated real-time location information - a result of the growing availability of location and sensor data - has so far received limited attention to understand and forecasts complex systems, such as a city or an urban area. Themes such as the large scale mapping of cell phone activity, or computing real-time crowds and crowd behavior based on cell-phone data are still rare in research and literature. The usefulness of such information is evident in emergency management or safety, but also for advertisement, environmental management or transportation policies. In these areas it could provide valuable real-time spatial data without the need of additional technological infrastructures. The presentation will explore a number of ongoing projects and illustrate early results in this field. It will discuss the ability of aggregated and anonymous real-time cellular data to sense urban dynamics and its key features. It will also use visualizations to show and explore in real-time the space-time behavior of an entire urban area.