In this paper we discuss a new type of query in Spatial Databases, called the Trip Planning
Query (TPQ). Given a set of points of interest P in space, where each point belongs to a …

With the progress of mobile devices and wireless broadband, a new eMarket platform,
termed spatial crowdsourcing is emerging, which enables workers (aka crowd) to perform a …

Planning an itinerary before traveling to a city is one of the most important travel preparation
activities. In this paper, we propose a novel framework called TripPlanner, leveraging a …

With the broad adoption of mobile devices, notably smartphones, keyword-based search for
content has seen increasing use by mobile users, who are often interested in content related …

Identifying a preferable route is an important problem that finds applications in map services.
When a user plans a trip within a city, the user may want to find" a most popular route such …

Temporary mobile social networks has been used at hotels, concerts, theme parks, and
sports arenas, where people form a mobile social group for a short time with a common …

In a trip planning service, travelers first set a starting point, a destination, and a sequential
list of specific points of interest types (eg, museums, restaurants, and parks). Based on this …

Emerging spatial crowdsourcing platforms enable the workers (ie, crowd) to complete spatial
crowdsourcing tasks (like taking photos, conducting citizen journalism) that are associated …

With the proliferation of geo-positioning and geo-tagging techniques, spatio-textual objects
that possess both a geographical location and a textual description are gaining in …

Trip planning search (TPS) represents an important class of queries in Geographic
Information Systems (GIS). In many real-world applications, TPS requests are issued with a …