Location Based Systems/Services

This Location SIG is championed by:

David Bartlett of Omnisense, Nigel Wall of Shadow Creek Consulting and Andrew Matthews of Nokia Research Centre.

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 LB
  •  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 
Cambridge Wireless Location Based Systems/Services SIG Event in collaboration with CoDE, Anglia Ruskin University: "Who goes Where? Privacy for Location Based Services" - 23rd March 2011 at CSR
  • Kanwar Chadha, CSR - Keynote Presentation - "Relevant Location in a Location Aware Connected World"
  • Dr Andrew Matthews, Nokia Research Centre - "Privacy Enhancing Technologies for mobile services"
  • Patrick Clark, Taylor Wessing and Cambridge Wireless Legal SIG Champion - "Regulating Location-Based Services" 
  • Jonathan Raper, Placr - "Launching the First Location Bank: a new approach to location privacy" 
  • Dr David Skinner, Anglia Ruskin University - "Private faces, public spaces? Rethinking surveillance, transparency and accountability"

    • Next Event

    Location Based systems/Services SIG: ‘Indoor Location – what is the value to consumers and industry?

    This half-day SIG event looks at the commercialisation of indoor location-specific services debating areas such as; are global standards required to ensure service interoperability between business and users? What are the current roadblocks to commercialisation of consumer-oriented indoor location information? This topic will be tackled through expert speakers and lively debate, with a view to providing a way forward in this constantly changing environment. Talks will be heards from; Kanwar Chadha, Chief Marketing Officer and Board Member of CSR and Sharon Biggar, Path Intelligence
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    In a world where mobile computing services and applications regularly monitor users’ locations to enhance services offered, the accuracy and immediacy of indoor location information often falls short of business and public information requirements. Consumers also increasingly desire detailed location-specific information, and consequently the common target is to generate relevant information for the user about the businesses, services or geography of a well-defined location.

    In places with no GPS coverage it would be possible to use opportunistic location technologies using comms systems commonly available in handsets, including cellar base-station triangulation, WiFi and increasingly NFC. These should already allow a basic indoor location  service. So why have we not seen proliferation of applications? 

    This session aims to create a lively interactive debate around some of the issues facing the commercialisation of indoor location-specific services, including:
    • Are global standards required to ensure service interoperability between business and users?
    • Is location technology the limiting factor in commercialisation?
    • Should the performance target be defined in terms of absolute spatial location accuracy, or is context more important?
    • Where is the value in location-specific information for users and commerce?
    • What are the current roadblocks to commercialisation of consumer-oriented indoor location information?
    • Does location information have to be “always on” to achieve benefit, and if so what is the cost to the consumer?
    Confirmed speakers at the event are:
    Commencing with lunch this half-day session will allow the delegate to hear from leading speakers in the field with the added benefit of providing a fully interactive experience with Q&A sessions after each presentation.
     
    This SIG is Championed by David Bartlett of Omnisense, Nigel Wall of Shadow Creek Consulting and Andrew Matthews of Nokia Research Centre. We are also grateful to CSR for sponsoring and hosting this event.
     
    This event is FREE to members of Cambridge Wireless. Tickets for non-members are £150.00 plus VAT. To join Cambridge Wireless as a member and attend future events for free, please visit:
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