2010 Proceeding- General Chair:
- Stephan Winter,
- Program Chairs:
- Christian S. Jensen,
- Ki-Joune Li
These proceedings contain the papers selected for presentation at the Second International Workshop on Indoor Spatial Awareness, hosted by ACM SIGSPATIAL and held in conjunction with the18th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010).
With the increasing deployment of location-based services, geographic information systems, and ubiquitous computing, we are witnessing a need to consider indoor spaces in addition to the traditional outdoor spaces. Indoor spaces exhibit a highly relevant third dimension; they may have privately regulated access restrictions; they are relatively uniform and lack global landmarks; they feature special indoor positioning systems; and their representations are often poorly integrated with those of outdoor spaces.
New theories, data models, and systems are needed in order to provide integrated, seamless services across all spaces. For this reason, research has begun to extend the scope of location-based services and GIS to indoor spaces, with the objective of supporting indoor orientation and navigation services, emergency management, indoor space management, 3D cadastre, etc.
This workshop brought together researchers, developers, and practitioners carrying out research and development related to indoor spatial awareness, and it provided a forum for interdisciplinary discussion of diverse aspects of indoor spatial awareness. The full-paper peer-reviewed papers concern roughly two aspects of indoor spatial awareness: indoor positioning and navigation, and modeling of indoor spaces. In addition to the selected papers the program also featured invited talks to each of these themes. Lars Kulik from the University of Melbourne, Australia, presented an overview of several recent research projects in active indoor environments, and keynote speaker Ben Kuipers from University of Michigan, USA, talked about the use of ontologies in spatial exploration and mapping. The combined program made for a thought-provoking, inspiring workshop that offered ample opportunities for the exchange of ideas.
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Localization and interaction in active indoor environments
This talk will give an overview of five research projects in active indoor environments that I have conducted with my colleagues and students.
WiFi-based enhanced positioning systems: accuracy through mapping, calibration, and classification
Enhanced-positioning systems are able to support the acquisition of accurate location information using wireless technology other than the Global Positioning System (GPS). These systems have the potential to supplement GPS where GPS is unreliable. In ...
A spatial orientation and information system for indoor spatial awareness
Timely and precision indoor spatial awareness is critical for a variety of facility management and building emergency response scenarios, such as facility manager navigation for regular building system maintenance, and firefighter navigation. Since ...
Supporting 3D route planning in indoor space based on the LEGO representation
With the prevalence of car navigation systems, indoor navigation systems are increasingly attracting attention in the indoor research area. However, the available models for indoor navigation suffer from the problems that architectural constraints are ...
Multiple ontologies for spatial exploration and mapping
Exploration and navigation (human or robot) takes place at two distinct scales of space. Small-scale space is within the sensory horizon of the agent, where the agent can reliably localize itself and can build a metrically accurate map within a local ...
An enhanced indoor pedestrian model supporting spatial DBMSs
Two-dimensional geographic information systems (GISs) are mature technology and applications such as car navigation systems are commonplace. As indoor positioning techniques are developing, indoor 3D models are attracting increasing attention. However, ...
A fine-grained context-dependent model for indoor spaces
The notion of context has been recently recognised as a key element in the development of context-aware information systems. Context varies according to application constraints, but also integrates the way users act in the environment and the interfaces ...
A multi-modal data access framework for spatial assistance systems: use-cases with the building information model (BIM/IFC)
Spatial assistance systems are computational embodiments of spatial decision-making and other forms of analytical abilities that otherwise typically require extensive domain-specific training, knowledge, and expertise. Broadly, such systems are ...
The informatics of indoor and outdoor space: a research agenda
As indoor spaces become more complex, and information technology develops, there is a growing use of devices that help users with a variety of tasks in indoor space. Outdoor spatial informatics is well developed, with GIS at their core. Indoor spatial ...
- Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Indoor Spatial Awareness
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