Title :
Designing adaptable geographic objects for mobile applications
Author :
Laurini, Robert ; Gordillo, Silvia ; Bazzocco, Javier ; Rossi, Gustavo ; Mostaccio, Catalina
Author_Institution :
INSA, Lyon, France
Abstract :
In this position paper we discuss the evolution of an object-oriented framework for GIS applications into a platform for dealing with mobile users and geographic objects. We first motivate our research by discussing the state of the art of mobile GIS applications, the so-called location-based services using a simple scenario. We briefly describe an object-oriented architecture for dealing with discrete and continuous geographic data and show how good design practices allowed us to make geographic objects adaptive to mobile users. Some concluding remarks are finally presented.
Keywords :
geographic information systems; mobile computing; object-oriented programming; GIS; continuous geographic data; discrete geographic data; geographic objects; location-based services; mobile applications; mobile users; object-oriented architecture; Application software; Computer architecture; Context; Geographic Information Systems; Memory management; Mobile computing; Object oriented modeling; Pervasive computing; Portable computers; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Web Information Systems Engineering Workshops, 2003. Proceedings. Fourth International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2103-7
DOI :
10.1109/WISEW.2003.1286805
