Ubiquitous Positioning (Artech House Mobile Communications) - Hardcover

Robin Mannings

 
9781596931039: Ubiquitous Positioning (Artech House Mobile Communications)

Synopsis

This groundbreaking resource introduces practitioners to the emerging field of Ubiquitous Positioning - positioning systems that identify the location and position of people, vehicles and objects in time and space in the digitised networked economy. The future and growth of ubiquitous computing will be fueled by the convergence of many other areas of technology, from mobile telematics, Internet technology, and location systems, to sensing systems, geographic information systems, and the semantic web. This first-of-its-kind, forward-looking volume, which explores ubiquitous computing from a convergence perspective, offering a road map to this burgeoning field.

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About the Author

Robin Mannings is a chartered engineer working in the Research and Venturing Department at BT-Laboratories, Ipswich, UK. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Computer Department at Lancaster University, where he is studying ubiquitous positioning systems.

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