Progress in Location-Based Services 2016

This book offers a selection of the best papers presented at the 13th International Symposium on Location Based Services (LBS 2016), which was held in Vienna (Austria) from November 14 to 16, 2016. It provides an overview of recent research in the field, including the latest advances in outdoor/indoor positioning, smart environment, spatial modeling, personalization and context awareness, cartographic communication, novel user interfaces, crowd sourcing, social media, big data analysis, usability and privacy.

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Preface.- List of Reviewers.- Wi-Fi Fingerprinting with Reduced Signal Strength Observations from Long-Time Measurements.- Situation goodness method for weighted centroid based Wi-Fi APs localization.- Smartphone sensor-based orientation determination for indoor-navigation.- SubwayAPPS: Using Smartphone Barometers for Positioning in Underground Transportation Enviroments.- Efficient Computation of Bypass Areas.- Connecting the Dots: Informing Location-based Services of Space Usage Rules.- Classes for Creating Location-based Audio Tour Content: A Case of User-Generated LBS Education to University Students.- Gamification as motivation to engage in location-based public participation?