Global Positioning System Reference
In-Depth Information
Web 2.0 Web services to become truly portable and ubiquitous, and it is very
likely that these devices and others that follow them will become the main way by
which people experience Whereness when they are out and about.
More people will be able to participate in the emerging market for
positioning-aware systems since the cost and complexity of locally installed
applications are avoided. There will be greater business associated with all the
elements of Whereness that becomes largely invisible to the user and becomes
part of many Web services rather than a specific end in itself. For example, a
system to manage business meetings and venues would be able to take account of
the positional aspects travel, logistics, and carbon emissions.
3.4.3
Geographically Tagged Information
While basic networking, infrastructure, and software businesses may become less
profitable, there will be growth in the information networking business.
Whereness may lead to some very profitable “information spaces”
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concerning
geographical information and related information. For example, business
information could be “tagged” on a map, which would be delivered by a Web
service, to show the location of facilities to customers. Web portals and
homepages for some organizations may center on maps with geotags. Some of
these tags may have a real-time aspect. For example, dynamic tags may show the
location of deliveries or actual progress of public transport.
3.4.4
Information Commons
Open systems and information commons will increase and erode the business of
traditional information providers. Positional related commons will emerge, for
example, OpenStreetMap [6] for map creation, Wikitoid [7] for registering
topographic identifiers (TOID), Wardriving [8] for mapping WiFi access points,
and Place Lab [9], that takes the mapped Hotspots and derives location from any
signals received locally.
3.4.5
Trust Support Services
Established computing, networking, communications, and information
organizations will suffer increasing competition and will move into new value-
added areas providing trust, quality control, payment systems, and digital rights
management. Smaller and newer organizations and open commons will use these
services to increase the trust of customers.
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An information space is a computer science and mathematical term to describe all the information
relating to a single subject.
