Title
An alternative view of positioning observations from low cost sensors.
Abstract
The measurement uncertainty of low-cost, low-quality positioning sensors in consumer electronics, such as smart phones, is well-known and prevents reliable location awareness in mobile applications, for example. In this paper we argue that location awareness arises from qualitative spatial descriptions which are only partially reliant on the absolute accuracy of the positioning system used. Qualitative descriptions would relate the actual position qualitatively to a location. To facilitate qualitative spatial descriptions we suggest an integration of different positioning sensors by searching for event patterns within the sensor readings. It is hypothesized here that integrating qualitative information derived from traditional measurement sensors into the position computation process will improve the overall reliability of the location awareness information generated. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2011.07.006
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Positioning,Accuracy,Environment,Granularity,Qualitative position,Location
Journal
36
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
0198-9715
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.62
13
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stephan Winter164345.20
Allison Kealy27012.14