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A mobile GIS application for heavily resource-constrained devices (2003)
| Venue: | In Proceedings of Asia GIS 2003 Conference |
| Citations: | 3 - 2 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Biuk-aghai03amobile,
author = {Robert P. Biuk-aghai},
title = {A mobile GIS application for heavily resource-constrained devices},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of Asia GIS 2003 Conference},
year = {2003}
}
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Abstract
GIS applications for mobile devices are becoming increasingly popular, utilizing a di-verse range of devices. Many of these devices suffer from serious constraints in three main areas: processor speed, memory space, and screen size. This paper presents a GIS applica-tion, called “MacauMap”, that is intended for heavily resource-constrained handheld devices. MacauMap is a tourism-oriented map application of the Macau territory for PalmOS and Pocket PC personal digital assistants. It was designed to perform satisfactorily on devices with as little as 16 MHz processor speed, and requires only 500 KB available memory for the GIS application and all GIS data. Memory requirements are kept low through a specially designed data format. The main challenge of satisfactory map drawing speed is addressed through a variety of techniques that were developed for this application. The paper describes the application’s data format, outlines the map drawing techniques, and points to areas for future development.
Keyphrases
resource-constrained device mobile gi application gi application satisfactory map main area processor speed main challenge mhz processor speed pocket pc personal digital assistant di-verse range future development screen size mobile device gi applica-tion tourism-oriented map application memory requirement kb available memory resource-constrained handheld device data format macau territory application data format gi data memory space serious constraint
