An empirical investigation of the accuracy of location-based services in South Africa

Dahunsi, Folasade Mojisola; Dwolatzky, B.

doi:10.1080/17489725.2011.625303

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“…These networks were not designed for this purpose but to rather access the Internet and communications services offered by telcos. However, from the moment in which each base station is aware of the presence and identity of each connected device, it is possible to offer tracking operations while the user is moving from one station to another [ 32 , 33 ]. Some research also includes filtering and interpolation operations to predict where the user is located [ 34 , 35 , 36 ].…”

Section: Population Track and Trace Issuesmentioning

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A Computational Architecture Based on RFID Sensors for Traceability in Smart Cities

Mora

Gilart-Iglesias

Gil

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Sensors

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Information Technology and Communications (ICT) is presented as the main element in order to achieve more efficient and sustainable city resource management, while making sure that the needs of the citizens to improve their quality of life are satisfied. A key element will be the creation of new systems that allow the acquisition of context information, automatically and transparently, in order to provide it to decision support systems. In this paper, we present a novel distributed system for obtaining, representing and providing the flow and movement of people in densely populated geographical areas. In order to accomplish these tasks, we propose the design of a smart sensor network based on RFID communication technologies, reliability patterns and integration techniques. Contrary to other proposals, this system represents a comprehensive solution that permits the acquisition of user information in a transparent and reliable way in a non-controlled and heterogeneous environment. This knowledge will be useful in moving towards the design of smart cities in which decision support on transport strategies, business evaluation or initiatives in the tourism sector will be supported by real relevant information. As a final result, a case study will be presented which will allow the validation of the proposal.

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Section: Population Track and Trace Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Computational Architecture Based on RFID Sensors for Traceability in Smart Cities

Mora

Gilart-Iglesias

Gil

et al. 2015

Sensors

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“…Worse performance has been reported in some field-tests, however. For example, Dahunsi & Dwolatzky (2012) found the accuracy of GSM location in Johannesberg to be in the range 200-1400m, and highly variable, with "a huge difference between the predicted and provided accuracies by mobile location providers".…”

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Location and tracking of mobile devices: Überveillance stalks the streets

Michael

Clarke

2013

Computer Law & Security Review

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During the last decade, location-tracking and monitoring applications have proliferated, in mobile cellular and wireless data networks, and through self-reporting by applications running in smartphones that are equipped with onboard global positioning system (GPS) chipsets. It is now possible to locate a smartphone user's location not merely to a cell, but to a small area within it. Innovators have been quick to capitalise on these location-based technologies for commercial purposes, and have gained access to a great deal of sensitive personal data in the process. In addition, law enforcement utilises these technologies, can do so inexpensively and hence can track many more people. Moreover, these agencies seek the power to conduct tracking covertly, and without a judicial warrant. This article investigates the dimensions of the problem of people-tracking through the devices that they carry. Location surveillance has very serious negative implications for individuals, yet there are very limited safeguards. It is incumbent on legislatures to address these problems, through both domestic laws and multilateral processes.

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A survey of a personalised location-based service architecture for property hunting

Chen

Xia

Caulfield

2014

Journal of Spatial Science

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Context-awareness in location-based service studies has attracted more and more attention. Awareness of a user\u27s location and the users themselves has become the centre of these services. This paper discusses a survey conducted for developing a personalised location-based property hunting system (LBSPH), and a personalised LBSPH architecture developed from the survey results. What users wanted in the way of essential property and neighbourhood information, the best way to display the information, and the common use cases of such a location-based service (LBS) were identified from the survey. The LBSPH architecture was designed to reflect these preferences

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An empirical investigation of the accuracy of location-based services in South Africa

Cited by 3 publications

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A Computational Architecture Based on RFID Sensors for Traceability in Smart Cities

A Computational Architecture Based on RFID Sensors for Traceability in Smart Cities

Location and tracking of mobile devices: Überveillance stalks the streets

A survey of a personalised location-based service architecture for property hunting

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