Surfing the city: Towards context-aware mobile exploration

Mercedes Paulini; Marc Aurel Schnabel

Surfing the city: Towards context-aware mobile exploration

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Abstract

This paper describes the rationale for a navigational system that supports context based exploration of the urban environment. While many navigational tools support way finding, they are based on targeted search, requiring the user to have a predetermined destination. Existing applications do not offer navigational mechanisms that base their recommendations on the user's unique context information. Customised recommendations present the user with relevant routes they may not have discovered on their own. In this paper, a parallel is drawn between way finding in the physical world and the virtual, with web surfing acting as a metaphor for a particular style of interaction with the physical environment. Similarly, the framework for this system presents suggested routes to the user according to their unique contextual setting, which is anticipated to allow a more explorative engagement with their physical environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Beyond Computer-Aided Design
Subtitle of host publication	13th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia 2008 (CAADRIA)
Editors	Taysheng Jeng, Ji-Hyun Lee, Ekkachai Mahaek, Marc Aurel Schnabel
Publisher	The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)
Pages	383-390
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 9 Apr 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	13th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia 2008, CAADRIA 2008 - Chiang Mai, Thailand Duration: 9 Apr 2008 → 12 Apr 2008

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia 2008, CAADRIA 2008
Country/Territory	Thailand
City	Chiang Mai
Period	9/04/08 → 12/04/08

Keywords

Context-awareness
0291211962
Urban interaction

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Paulini, M., & Schnabel, M. A. (2008). Surfing the city: Towards context-aware mobile exploration. In T. Jeng, J.-H. Lee, E. Mahaek, & M. A. Schnabel (Eds.), Beyond Computer-Aided Design: 13th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia 2008 (CAADRIA) (pp. 383-390). The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA).

Paulini, Mercedes ; Schnabel, Marc Aurel. / Surfing the city : Towards context-aware mobile exploration. Beyond Computer-Aided Design: 13th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia 2008 (CAADRIA). editor / Taysheng Jeng ; Ji-Hyun Lee ; Ekkachai Mahaek ; Marc Aurel Schnabel. The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), 2008. pp. 383-390

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Paulini, M & Schnabel, MA 2008, Surfing the city: Towards context-aware mobile exploration. in T Jeng, J-H Lee, E Mahaek & MA Schnabel (eds), Beyond Computer-Aided Design: 13th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia 2008 (CAADRIA). The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), pp. 383-390, 13th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia 2008, CAADRIA 2008, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 9/04/08.

Surfing the city: Towards context-aware mobile exploration. / Paulini, Mercedes; Schnabel, Marc Aurel.
Beyond Computer-Aided Design: 13th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia 2008 (CAADRIA). ed. / Taysheng Jeng; Ji-Hyun Lee; Ekkachai Mahaek; Marc Aurel Schnabel. The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), 2008. p. 383-390.

Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review

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