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Leveraging Client Processing For Location Privacy In Mobile Local Search, Wisam Mohamed Eltarjaman
Leveraging Client Processing For Location Privacy In Mobile Local Search, Wisam Mohamed Eltarjaman
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Usage of mobile services is growing rapidly. Most Internet-based services targeted for PC based browsers now have mobile counterparts. These mobile counterparts often are enhanced when they use user's location as one of the inputs. Even some PC-based services such as point of interest Search, Mapping, Airline tickets, and software download mirrors now use user's location in order to enhance their services. Location-based services are exactly these, that take the user's location as an input and enhance the experience based on that. With increased use of these services comes the increased risk to location privacy. The location is considered an …
Sketch-Based Queries In Mobile Gis-Environments, David Caduff
Sketch-Based Queries In Mobile Gis-Environments, David Caduff
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Recent achievements in the field of mobile computing and wireless communication promise data retrieval anywhere and anytime. This development provided the basis to expand GIs technology to handheld devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs). Although traditional GIs technology is well suited for desktop workstations, it needs to be adapted in order to satisfy the requirements of users using handheld computing devices. This adaptation is necessary because the usability of traditional GISs depends on characteristics of desktop computers, such as their relatively large user interfaces (e.g., displays, keyboards, pointing devices), considerable computing resources (i.e., CPU, memory, storage, operating systems), and …