Potential and Implications of Bluetooth Proximity- Based Tracking in Moving Object Research

Movement Pattern Analysis 2010.

工业技术;计算机科学

M. Versichele ; M. Delafontaine ; T. Neutens ; N. Van de Weghe

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来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

The increasing use of localization technologies in mobile devices such as cell phones offer the ability to record large volumes of tracking data. Analysis of these data may offer valuable insights for domains such as mobility, security and tourism. As a consequence, geographic knowledge discovery has evolved as a new and rapidly growing research area at the intersection of various research domains such asgeographical information science and computer science (Miller and Han 2001). Since GPS currently constitutes the most common localization technology and offers detailed tracking data, most of the empirical research concerning ‘moving objects’ has focused on analyzing GPS tracks. Yet, other tracking technologies are also available, and are sometimes more suitable for meeting certain research goals. Bluetooth, for example, also offers the potential to track individuals by tracking their mobile devices, and is currently better tailored for anonymously studying the movements of large crowds at mass events. To date, however, the process of Bluetooth tracking, as well as the interpretation of the resulting data, have received only scant attention in GIScience literature. Therefore, further investigation is necessary both with respect to the tracking process itself and the analysis potential of the resulting data.[First Paragraph]