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spaces provided by companies or organizations. The behavior of
users is not easy to change, forcing them to publish blogs in different
platforms may not be a wise decision. On the management server
side, travel topics created by users are represented with a XML for-
mat. Migrating travel notes from the management server to other
platforms is an issue that is not discussed here.
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Database
There is a database for storing all of the materials for travel notes.
The database is used for storing materials that are not processed like
multimedia iles from users and agents. Published travel topics are
also stored in the database. Users can edit or remove them at any
time by using an interface of travel topics manager.
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Usage history analyzer
The analyzer is designed for recording and analyzing the behav-
ior of users. In the interface of the analyzer, users can access pub-
lished travel notes and find commonness of all their journeys.
There are records of landmarks and routes generated from a
user's journeys. By computing and counting the records, a simple
report will be produced to help visitors to understand what kind
of scenes they love to see. Analyzing the record of routes can also
help visitors to improve their schedule arrangement if they want
to travel again.
13.4 Implementation
The developed system utilized Microsoft.NET compact framework to
implement the client program on Pocket PC with the Operating System—
Windows Mobile 5.0. The test Pocket PC, Dopod 9100, integrates the wire-
less Internet access, camera, and GPS functions. In our scenario, the user
brings the Pocket PC when he is traveling. GPS traces the user's geo-
graphic location and updates the information periodically to the server
so that the user's route of the trip is able to be constructed and stored
in the server at the same time. The user can also take a picture with the
device while on vacation, attach relevant audio information as well as
captions and time stamps then upload them to the server for further
processing.
The pictures taken by the user are temporarily stored in the Pocket PC
according to the date during the trip. Figure 13.5 shows the pictures taken
for the first day of the trip. The pictures that belong to each day are also
