Geospatial Computing in Mobile Devices

About this book

Geospatial computing includes utilizing computing devices and sensors to acquire, process, analyze, manage, and visualize geospatial data, which users can then interact with via a large variety of smart geospatial applications. Geospatial computing is a computationally-demanding task, in terms of computation power, data storage capacity, and memory space. Therefore, it has primarily been performed on non-mobile computers. Recent developments allow mobile devices to meet many of the demanding requirements for geospatial computing. This book addresses the topic of geospatial computing in mobile devices, including positioning, mobile Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and smart mobile applications. You are provided with aspects related to positioning methods, as well as solutions for geospatial data acquisition, processing, and visualization. This resource also covers various aspects of the application technologies, such as context detection and context intelligence.

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About the authors

Robert E. Guinness

1981

Robert E. Guinness is a researcher in the Department of Navigation and Positioning at the Finnish Geodetic Institute, where he explores contextual reasoning in mobile computing platforms. Earlier, he was a researcher at Laurea University of Applied Sciences in Espoo, Finland, where he contributed to R&D related to GNSS and unmanned aerial vehicles. Mr. Guinness holds a B.A. in physics from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master of Science in Space Studies from the International Space University in Strasbourg, France. He is currently also a doctoral candidate in the Department of Pervasive Computing at Tampere University of Technology in Finland. Prior to moving to Finland in…