Towards a Landmark-Based Pedestrian Navigation Service Using OSM Data
With the advent of location-aware smartphones, the desire for pedestrian-based navigation services has increased. Unlike car-based services where instructions generally are comprised of distance and road names, pedestrian instructions should instead focus on the delivery of landmarks to aid in navig...
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doaj-41821f16ad2f4142967dde763d605a042020-11-24T23:54:08ZengMDPI AGISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2220-99642017-02-01636410.3390/ijgi6030064ijgi6030064Towards a Landmark-Based Pedestrian Navigation Service Using OSM DataAdam Rousell0Alexander Zipf1GIScience Research Group, University of Heidelberg, 69117 Heidelberg, GermanyGIScience Research Group, University of Heidelberg, 69117 Heidelberg, GermanyWith the advent of location-aware smartphones, the desire for pedestrian-based navigation services has increased. Unlike car-based services where instructions generally are comprised of distance and road names, pedestrian instructions should instead focus on the delivery of landmarks to aid in navigation. OpenStreetMap (OSM) contains a vast amount of geospatial information that can be tapped into for identifying these landmark features. This paper presents a prototype navigation service that extracts landmarks suitable for navigation instructions from the OSM dataset based on several metrics. This is coupled with a short comparison of landmark availability within OSM, differences in routes between locations with different levels of OSM completeness and a short evaluation of the suitability of the landmarks provided by the prototype. Landmark extraction is performed on a server-side service, with the instructions being delivered to a pedestrian navigation application running on an Android mobile device.http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/6/3/64landmarksnavigationmobile applicationspedestrianOpenStreetMapOSMrouting |
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Towards a Landmark-Based Pedestrian Navigation Service Using OSM Data |
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Towards a Landmark-Based Pedestrian Navigation Service Using OSM Data |
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Towards a Landmark-Based Pedestrian Navigation Service Using OSM Data |
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towards a landmark-based pedestrian navigation service using osm data |
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information |
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2017-02-01 |
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With the advent of location-aware smartphones, the desire for pedestrian-based navigation services has increased. Unlike car-based services where instructions generally are comprised of distance and road names, pedestrian instructions should instead focus on the delivery of landmarks to aid in navigation. OpenStreetMap (OSM) contains a vast amount of geospatial information that can be tapped into for identifying these landmark features. This paper presents a prototype navigation service that extracts landmarks suitable for navigation instructions from the OSM dataset based on several metrics. This is coupled with a short comparison of landmark availability within OSM, differences in routes between locations with different levels of OSM completeness and a short evaluation of the suitability of the landmarks provided by the prototype. Landmark extraction is performed on a server-side service, with the instructions being delivered to a pedestrian navigation application running on an Android mobile device. |
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landmarks navigation mobile applications pedestrian OpenStreetMap OSM routing |
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