Wearable sensing technologies are having a worldwide impact on the creation of novel
business opportunities and application services that are benefiting the common citizen. By …

Location-based services (LBS) are applications that concern all services linked to
geographical location. This concept is based on the localisation of people, services …

In recent years, smart-phones and GPS-enabled devices have been a critical factor in the
popularization and increasing demand of location based information systems. However, at …

The availability of powerful and sensor-enabled mobile and Internet-connected devices
have enabled the advent of the ubiquitous sensor network (USN) paradigm. USN provides …

Location privacy, or geoprivacy, is critical to secure users' privacy in context‐aware
applications. Location‐based services pose privacy risks for users, due to the inferences that …

The availability of powerful and sensor-enabled mobile and Internet-connected devices
have enabled the advent of the ubiquitous sensor network paradigm which is providing …

Developments in production, sharing and use of spatial data and information involve
revisiting the role and scope of cartography. Cartography is a core discipline for spatially …

Location services have become popular over the last years due to the global adoption of
smartphones and the worldwide availability of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and …

Location-based information systems (LBIS) have shown growth in the last years thanks to
the popularization of cheap GPS-enabled mobile devices with connectivity to the Internet. At …

With the popularity of sensor-rich mobile devices, mobile crowdsensing (MCS) has emerged
as an effective method for data collection and processing. However, MCS platform usually …