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SUMMARY
In recent years, systems that provide access to geographic information through a mobile phone or in a car-navigation unit have become common. Typically, these systems are a platform for Location-Based Services (LBS) such as location-aware search and point-to-point navigation. However, current geospatial search technologies are not flexible enough to deal with imprecise queries, such as “an Italian restaurant” or with time-dependent, variable information such as traffic data, parking availability and hazard alerts . Moreover, current technologies offer only rigid point-to-point route search and lack the ability to introduce a route that changes with response to the user’s feedback.
This project’s aim is to meet the challenges arising from the proliferation of Location-Based Services . The project team will develop a novel technology which will allow a sophisticated combination of quick location search and multi-points route search. The technology will be incorporated into an application which will enhance location-based systems by allowing more flexible route planning, easier integration of real-time data from multiple sources and interactive route search.
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SOLUTIONS
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Developing a more accurate navigation tool for LBS end-users
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Integrating of location-related data in real-time
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Conducting of user interactive route search
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Reducing implementation costs for service providers and increasing revenue from commercial promotions.
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Imbuing the application with efficiency and scalability in order to resolve queries immediately over large amounts of data
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Enabling the processing and integration heterogeneous data from multiple sources, such as flower store location from yellow pages, and traffic data from a news website
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LINK: http://www.yissum.co.il/technologies/project/10-2009-2331
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