Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems: 6th International Symposium, W2GIS 2006, Hong Kong, China, December 4-5, 2006, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4295)

These proceedings contain the papers selected for presentation at the sixth edition of the International Symposium on Web & Wireless Geographical Information Systems held in Hong Kong during December 2006. This symposium was intended to provide an up-to-date review of advances in both theoretical and technical development of 2 Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems (W GIS). It was the sixth in a series of successful events beginning with Kyoto 2001, and alternating locations annually between East Asia and Europe. It now represents an ever-increasing spatially aware geotechnology research community. Now in its sixth year, W2GIS has matured in name from a “workshop” to a full 2-day “symposium” – recognition by the field as a forum for quality dissemination and discussion on the latest research and development achievements in the domain. The number of papers received for this symposium demonstrates not only the growing importance of this field for researchers but also the growing impact these developments have in the daily lives of all citizens. From well over 130 submissions, 72 papers were initially selected as being directly in scope with the symposium, and from these, 24 papers (33%) were selected for final presentation and inclusion in the proceedings. Each paper received three reviews and was ranked accordingly. The accepted 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. Front Matter....Pages - Putting Location-Based Services on the Map....Pages 1-11 Beyond Location Based – The Spatially Aware Mobile Phone....Pages 12-21 An Event Detection Service for Spatio-temporal Applications....Pages 22-30 A Tourism Information System for Rural Areas Based on a Multi Platform Concept....Pages 31-41 Prediction of GPS Multipath Effect Using LiDAR Digital Surface Models and Building Footprints....Pages 42-53 The Web Integration of the GPS+GPRS+GIS Tracking System and Real-Time Monitoring System Based on MAS....Pages 54-65 A Management System of Street Trees by Using RFID....Pages 66-75 A Modular Neural Network Approach to Improve Map-Matched GPS Positioning....Pages 76-89 Representational Issues in Interactive Wayfinding Systems: Navigating the Auckland University Campus....Pages 90-101 A Hybrid Spatial Model for Representing Indoor Environments....Pages 102-112 MEMS Mobile GIS: A Spatially Enabled Fish Habitat Management System....Pages 113-122 A Mobile Computing Approach for Navigation Purposes....Pages 123-134 Improving Archaeological Heritage Information Access Through a Personalised GIS Interface....Pages 135-145 Designing Adaptive Spatio-temporal Information Systems for Natural Hazard Risks with ASTIS....Pages 146-157 A Contextual Approach for the Development of GIS: Application to Maritime Navigation....Pages 158-169 P2P and Agent Service Based On-Line 3DGIS....Pages 170-179 Integrating Data from Maps on the World-Wide Web....Pages 180-191 Web-Based Cluster Analysis for the Time-Series Signature of Local Spatial Association....Pages 192-201 A Methodology for Predicting Performances of Map-Matching Algorithms....Pages 202-213 Path Planning for Chaining Geospatial Web Services....Pages 214-226 Indexing Moving Objects on Road Networks in P2P and Broadcasting Environments....Pages 227-236 GeoComputation in the Grid Computing Age....Pages 237-246 Semantic Spatial Web Services with Case-Based Reasoning....Pages 247-258 TMOM: A Moving Object Main Memory-Based DBMS for Telematics Services....Pages 259-268 Back Matter....Pages -

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 Presented Were Carefully Reviewed And Selected From Over 130 Submissions And 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. The Papers Are Organized In Topical Sections On Location-based Services, W2gis Applications And Prototypes, Wayfinding, Mobile And Wireless Gis, W2gis Personalization And Agents, Data Management And Data Retrieval Methods, As Well As Semantic Geo-spatial Web And Ubiquitous W2gis.

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.