Geolocation in the mobile web browser

Mattias Rost; Henriette Cramer; Nicolas Belloni; Lars Erik Holmquist

doi:10.1145/1864431.1864468

Geolocation in the mobile web browser

Mattias Rost^*, Henriette Cramer, Nicolas Belloni, Lars Erik Holmquist

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Abstract

Current mobile browser capabilities make it possible to quickly develop advanced mobile location based services without having to write device specific software, or build custom hardware. We here describe three web applications exploring using location within mobile browsers (TågAlong, NearMe and LocalURL). These explorations show clear potential for using geolocation in the web browser in order to reach a larger user base, with a greater variety of devices, thus allowing for UbiComp researchers to explore the effects of specific services and applications on a larger scale. We discuss the services, as well as the potential and challenges with using the user's location directly in the browser.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UbiComp'10 - 2010 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing - Adjunct Proceedings
Publisher	ACM
Pages	423-424
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9781450302838
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1864431.1864468
Publication status	Published - 26 Sept 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2010 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 26 Sept 2010 → 29 Sept 2010

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Conference	12th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2010
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	26/09/10 → 29/09/10

Keywords

geolocation
location-based services
mobile services

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