Location Information Quality: A Review
The quality of location information is an important factor for location-based services (LBSs). In the literature, the quality of location information has been defined in different ways based on varying sets of aspects. The objectives of this paper are to review existing literature discussing locatio...
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| description | The quality of location information is an important factor for location-based services (LBSs). In the literature, the quality of location information has been defined in different ways based on varying sets of aspects. The objectives of this paper are to review existing literature discussing location information quality and to provide a consistent framework for describing and dealing with location information quality. In particular, we review existing literature on different aspects of location information quality and on factors that affect location sensing technologies (and thus location information quality). Based on this review, we also propose a simple model for describing location information quality and a classification of the strategies for dealing with variations in the quality of location information. Designers of location sensing systems can use this model as a standard vocabulary for describing the quality of location information. The classification of strategies can be used by developers of LBSs apps to design alternative strategies for dealing with location information quality on three levels: sensor-level, algorithm-level, and application-level, which are aligned with the Location Stack model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6264b59afcd2494f84cebfe4c7f2e4cd2022-12-22T01:57:11ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202018-11-011811399910.3390/s18113999s18113999Location Information Quality: A ReviewChampika Ranasinghe0Christian Kray1Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, GermanyInstitute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, GermanyThe quality of location information is an important factor for location-based services (LBSs). In the literature, the quality of location information has been defined in different ways based on varying sets of aspects. The objectives of this paper are to review existing literature discussing location information quality and to provide a consistent framework for describing and dealing with location information quality. In particular, we review existing literature on different aspects of location information quality and on factors that affect location sensing technologies (and thus location information quality). Based on this review, we also propose a simple model for describing location information quality and a classification of the strategies for dealing with variations in the quality of location information. Designers of location sensing systems can use this model as a standard vocabulary for describing the quality of location information. The classification of strategies can be used by developers of LBSs apps to design alternative strategies for dealing with location information quality on three levels: sensor-level, algorithm-level, and application-level, which are aligned with the Location Stack model.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/11/3999quality of location informationlocation-based servicespositional informationadaptation strategies |
| spellingShingle | Champika Ranasinghe Christian Kray Location Information Quality: A Review Sensors quality of location information location-based services positional information adaptation strategies |
| title | Location Information Quality: A Review |
| title_full | Location Information Quality: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Location Information Quality: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Location Information Quality: A Review |
| title_short | Location Information Quality: A Review |
| title_sort | location information quality a review |
| topic | quality of location information location-based services positional information adaptation strategies |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/11/3999 |
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