This study proposes the use of a service classification model to determine systematic service in ubiquitous environments. In addition, we identified various issues by analyzing the results and applying them to spatial information services based on ubiquitous environments.
Keywords-ubiquitous service considerations, service classification model, spatial information service
I. CLASSIFICATION OF SPATIAL INFORMATION SERVICE
MODEL OF A UBIQUITOUS ENVIRONMENTIn order to systematically design a service for a ubiquitous environment, a suitable service model classification should be identified. From this classification, it is possible to identify the unique characteristics of the ubiquitous service and to design a new service. This paper suggests a new service classification model, focusing on services offered and customer characteristics, that considers the limitations of previous ubiquitous service model classifications and the characteristics of the spatial information industry.
Fig. 1. New Ubiquitous Service Classification ModelCustomer focus, one of the classification axes, consists of the individual, corporation and public institutions. Offering focus, which is another axis of the classification method, was developed by improving the classification of intelligence levels, which was refined in previous studies of ubiquitous service models.
II. CONSIDERATIONS OF DESIGNING A SERVICE MODELThe service characteristics, from the view of the customer and technology in a ubiquitous environment, which were studied in previous research, and the spatial information services are summarized in the following table. The characteristics were defined by three GIS experts who were interviewees to help our study. TABLE I. CONSIDERATIONS Viewpoint Considerations Researchers Technology -Spatial information awareness -Stability of service -Inference of context -Safety of privacy [1], [2], [3] Customers -Individually customized service -Accuracy of spatial information -Newest spatial information -Response rate of service -Convenience of terminal environment [4], [5], [6] III. EVALUATION OF EACH SERVICE MODEL'S CONSIDERATIONSWe investigated u-spatial information service cases that represented an attribution for each cell. We distributed questionnaires to experts in the field, asking about the considerations of each of the u-service cases in ubiquitous service fields. We surveyed 47 experts who were currently participating in projects related to u-service and GIS.978-1-4799-2845-3/13/$31.00 ©2013 IEEE