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Summary: Location-Based Geodata Broadcast
J¨org BALDZER1
, Susanne BOLL2
, Jens KR ¨OSCHE3
, Norbert RUMP4
,
Henning SCHEIBNER5
, and Sabine THIEME6
1,3,4,6
OFFIS, Research Institute, Oldenburg, Germany, e-mail: (baldzer, kroesche, rump, thieme)@offis.de
2
University of Oldenburg, Germany, e-mail: susanne.boll@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de
5
Niccimon, Competence Centre, Germany, e-mail: henning.scheibner@offis.de
1 Introduction
Mobility describes the situation in which users are away from their homes or offices and are on
the way. In these situations, often information about the way, the surrounding, or the target is needed,
such as street maps, close-by restaurants, or time to destination. The central aspect in this information
provision is that it must be tailored to the current user context, mainly his actual location. Three
technology directions nowadays allow to provide digital support here: mobile devices like mobile
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