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ReGroup: Using location sharing to support distributed information gathering
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Nugent, T and Lueg, C, ReGroup: Using location sharing to support distributed information gathering, Proceedings OZCHI 2010 - design-interaction-participation, 22-26 November 2010, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 372-375. ISBN 978-1-4503-0502-0 (2010) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
Many shared group activities, such as determining the range of different foods offered at a market, require that group members know which parts of the market will be covered by which people. In this paper we report findings from evaluating ReGroup, a mobile distributed information system that enables group members to "see" the current and immediate past routes of other group members within a defined area. ReGroup collects and shares GPS location data on a number of participating mobile phones. Past routes are visualised as coloured lines on a map of the surrounding area. An initial evaluation of the system at a busy marketplace suggests that there is a great deal of potential usefulness in sharing previous locations amongst members of a group.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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| Keywords: | Location awareness, information sharing, collaboration, mobility, navigation, usefulness |
| Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
| Research Group: | Information Systems |
| Research Field: | Computer-Human Interaction |
| Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
| Objective Group: | Computer Software and Services |
| Objective Field: | Computer Software and Services not elsewhere classified |
| Author: | Nugent, T (Mr Tim Nugent) |
| Author: | Lueg, C (Professor Christopher Lueg) |
| ID Code: | 68432 |
| Year Published: | 2010 |
| Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
| Deposited On: | 2011-03-11 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-12-19 |
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