Location Based Systems/Services

This Location SIG is championed by:
David Bartlett of Pyxidium Ltd
Nigel Wall of Shadow Creek Consulting Ltd

The purpose of the SIG is to promote and further the adoption of location as a value-added facility for a range of applications. Location Based Services are not about position – they are primarily about the use of location and position information as a value-add to service or product the end-user buys.

The specific objectives are:

  • Advocate location as a value-add to any appropriate application
  • Encourage and support the creation of open APIs
  • Develop and promote sustainable business models for LBS
  • Offer expertise to guide regulatory and standards development
  • Provide expert input to sensitive issues such as privacy
  • Foster interoperability between technologies and applications 

Recent Event - "Future Prospects for Global Satellite Navigation" 5th December 2007

Click on the titles to access the presentations :

Galileo Update by Adam Tucker

GPS Goes Mobile by Simon Kingsley

Achieving Ultimate Pefomance from GNSS by Stuart Strickland

                + Paper on Autonomous Fine Time Aiding to a GPS Receiver in a Cellular Telephone

The European and Wider View: Future Prospects for GNSS by Bob Cockshott

 

Next Event

 

Please look at our Events Calendar on our home page. 

 

Joint Games Eden and Location SIG Event: “Making learning fun and relevant by using a games type interface and knowledge of location"

At this exciting joint event we look forward to bringing together the games and location communities over an educational theme to look at the role location plays in games and how the two can be used together to enhance learning, training or education, behaviour coaching, or even just as an enjoyable social experience.

                                               

We are delighted to announce this joint event, sponsored  by Anglia Ruskin University and the Location and Timing KTN and championed by David Bartlet of Pyxidium Limited and Nigel Wall of Location & Timing Knowledge Transfer Network from the Location SIG together with Jeremy Cooke of Games Eden.

Interesting concepts and ideas will be raised in this event, which brings together games and location over an educational theme. This is particularly relevant as the combination raises some rather interesting opportunities for interaction between "players" in real-life conditions in public places such as stations, airports, museums, concert halls, coffee shops; taking the experience beyond the solitary to a more social interactive space.
An exciting forum combining top speakers, discussion, presentations and feedback over a wide of topics will all be available.  Alongside this there will be room to debate the outcome of these in combination with excellent networking opportunities. 

Click here to view the draft Agenda

Don’t miss out on your chance to take part - REGISTER NOW! to secure your place.

Events are FREE to Members of  the Location and Timing KTN! To become a member of the KTN please click here to join for free. To join Cambridge Wireless, and attend all future events for free please visit: www.cambridgewireless.co.uk/sign-up
 

 13/11/08