LOCATION-BASED SERVICES AND PERSONAL NAVIGATION IN
MOBILE INFORMATION SOCIETY
Antti RAINIO, Coordinator of NAVI Programme,
Navinova Ltd., Finland
Key words: personal navigation, location-based
service, mobile information society, mobile Internet.
Abstract
Mobile information society is developing rapidly as mobile
telecommunications moves from second to third generation technology.
The Internet and its services are coming to wireless devices. The
convergence of content and technology is deepening and the market is
being reorganised. Different actors want to reserve their place in the
mobile digital economy.
Location-based services and personal navigation are parts of mobile
multimedia services. Personal navigation is a service concept in which
advanced mobile telecommunications allow people find out where they
are, where they can find the products and services that they need and
how they can get to a destination.
The services will help people to navigate on daily errands, on
work-related tasks and journeys as well as at leisure time hobbies.
There are several application areas like mobile work, shopping and
delivery, hobbies and sports, tourism and culture, public transport
and safety. The guidance will be implemented on the basis of mobile
multimedia and it should be available in both outdoor and indoor
environments. The services will be based on generic technology like
portable devices, wireless networks and location services as well as
map and route servers.
The creation of usable mobile devices and wireless services will
require intensive research, product development, trials and training,
but also infrastructure investment and, if necessary, new legislation.
Co-operation between the public and private sectors as well as user
communities is a requirement for beneficial development. In Finland
the whole value chain i.e. hardware and software manufacturers,
telecom operators, media companies, public authorities, universities
and other research institutes as well as venture capital are taken
part in the Personal Navigation Programme.
A mass market of digital maps and other geographic information will
start soon, when the number of mobile terminals will turn to be bigger
than terminals using fixed lines.
CONTACT
Antti Rainio
Managing Director
Navinova Ltd.
Tekniikantie 12
FIN-02150 Espoo
FINLAND
Tel. + 358 50 520 8605
Fax + 358 9 2517 2555
E-mail: antti.rainio@navinova.com
Internet: http://www.navi-ohjelma.fi
22 March 2001
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