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International Location Based Content & Services (LBCS) Seminar
October 26-27, 2004 in Tokyo  (Finished)

The International LBCS Seminar was held in Tokyo on October 26^th and 27^th 2004. The seminar featured both international and domestic speakers and focused on a range of topics including Location Based Services, mobile contents, Spatial XML Standards and data/service interoperability. 

LBCS International Seminar 　   13:00-17:30 October 26-27, 2004 JA Building Conference Room 8th Floor, JA Building, 1-8-3, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ■26 October, 2004 ◇Greetings from Our Special Guest 13:35～13:55 Hiroshi Imai, Professor of Tokyo University ◇"Current Status of ISO 19136" 13:55～14:35～14:35～14:35 Morishige Ota, Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. GML is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specification which  is currently being harmonized within the ISO TC211 structure. The proposed specification is currently at the Committee Draft stage and an Editing Committee is working with the document to address the number of comments it has received from the various National Body Committees. This presentation is an overview of GML, reviewing some past discussions and looking at future trends of GML. Biographical Sketch: - Director: Ota Research Lab,  Kokusai Kogyo Co. Ltd. ( http://www.kkc.co.jp/ ) - ISO TC211 GML Editing Committee Member - ISO TC211 National Body Leader ◇"Complex Free Software GIS Solutions - Integration via OGC Standards" 14:35～15:15～15:15～15:15 Dr. Markus Müller, CEO, lat/lon ltd The presentation will cover the subject of GIS solutions based on Free Software ("Open Source") and their integration with proprietary ("commercial") software. It will give an overview over the terms related to this subject such as "Free Software", "Open Source", "proprietary" and "commercial software". Based on this, reasons for using Free Software are given as well as an introduction on how business models can developed based on Free Software exemplified by lat/lon ltd, a German GIS company and active OGC member. Integration of free and proprietary solutions can be implemented using standardized interfaces such as those developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Therefore the most important Free Software packages supporting OGC interfaces are introduced. The presentation is rounded up with some exemplary projects showing integration of free and proprietary GI-Software based on OGC interfaces solving real-world problems. Biographical Sketch: - CEO and senior consultant: lat/lon ltd (http://www.lat-lon.de/), Germany  - Founder of "deegree" Open Source Project  (http://www.deegree.org/) - PhD: University of Bonn, Germany ◇Break 15:15～15:25 　 ◇"SVG for Mobile Applications" 15:25～16:05 Mr. Ross Ackland, Research Manager, CSIRO/CMIS The technology convergence of mobile phones with portable computing devices (PDA's) has created phenomenal growth in mobile computing over the last five years. We now have low cost powerful wireless connected devices that provide  opportunities for a whole new generation of applications. Location based applications are just one category of mobile applications that are now beginning to emerge as mobile devices have the compute power and memory capacity to render detailed interactive maps. Scalable Vector Graphics is a standard that has its origins in the desktop graphics environment, however during the development of the SVG recommendation it was realized that a subset of the full SVG specification was needed to meet the needs the mobile market. This presentation will examine the requirements for interactive mapping for location based applications and how SVG and its subsets meets these requirements. I will also discuss CSIRO's role in the development of the SVG specification and present an example of a mapping application developed for field based electricity workers and how a detailed requirements analysis was critical to the success of this application Biographical Sketch: - Research Manager: Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) ( http://www.csiro.au/ ), Mathematical and Information Sciences (CMIS) Division ( http://www.cmis.csiro.au/ ) .   - Group leader of CSIRO's Spatial Information Systems Group (SIS). - ME: University of New South Wales, Australia ◇"Ubiquitous ID Technology & Location Information" 16:05～16:45～16:45～16:45 Mr. Noboru Koshizuka, Tokyo Univ. and Ubiquitous Networking Center Currently, the Ubiquitous ID Center is researching how a  ubiquitous computing environment can be realized. This research takes the form of R&D and standardizing activities. Another project which the Center is involved with the Autonomous Movement Support Project, funded by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The Ubiquitous ID Center is participating in this project doing R&D focused on various location centric technologies. This presentation will focus on the activities of the Ubiquitous ID Center and the center's participation in the Autonomous Movement Support Project. Biographical Sketch: - Vice Director: YRP Ubiquitous Networking Center(http://www.ubin.jp/) - Assistant Professor, Tokyo University, Information Infrastructure Center ◇"New Usages of GIS" (tentative) 16:45～17:25～17:25～17:25 Ryosuke Shibasaki, Professor of Tokyo University Biographical Sketch: -Professor University of Tokyo - Center of Spatial Information Resarch, Tokyo University. (http://www.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/) ■27 October, 2004 ◇Greetings from Our Special Guest 13:35～13:55～13:55～13:55 Atsuyuki Okabe, Professor of Tokyo University ◇"Trends in TC 211 WG 8"  13:55～14:35～14:35～14:35 Martin Ford, Martin Ford Consultancy, ISO TC211 Biographical Sketch: - Principal: Martin Ford Consultancy - ISO TC211 WG8(LBS) Acting Convener ◇"Oracle Platform for Location Services, GIS, Telematics" 14:35～15:15～15:15～15:15 Dr. Xavier Lopez, Director of Spatial & Location Technologies, Oracle Inc. (USA) 　 The convergence of network computing, wireless telecommunications, and spatial technologies is giving rise to a new class of location-based applications and services. Internet and wireless service providers are now deploying web mapping, street routing, and electronic yellow page services to both web and wireless handsets. In addition, enterprise applications like customer care, business intelligence, supply chain applications are also becoming spatially enabled and accessible through multiple channels. To meet the scalability, reliability, and security requirements emerging from these solutions, technology vendors have gravitated toward the deployment of enterprise-class spatial databases to support the dual requirements of both consumer and eBusiness applications. This paper will address This paper will address the following: ・ Role of Oracle10g database as platform for location-enabled business applications and carrier-grade location services ・ Distinguish between mobile location services (MLS) and location-enabled eBusiness solutions ・ Current trends and future direction ・ Highlight case studies Biographical Sketch: - Director: Spatial and Location Technologies Group, Oracle Inc. http://www.oracle.com/ -PhD. University of Maine, Orono   ◇Break 15:15～15:25 ◇"Current Trends & Uses of Location-Based Content & Services in Korea"   15:25～16:05 Mr. Seung OH(Korea) A multitude of LBCS activities are underway in Korea . This presentation will serve as an introduction to the work that KGIC is doing in LBCS field.   Biographical Sketch: - Executive Director/Head of Research Institute   - Korea geoSpatial Information & Communication Co., Ltd http://www.ksic.net/ ◇"Trends related to map data in ISO TC204 WG3" 16:05～16:45～16:45～16:45 Dr. Shibata, Maebashi Technical Institute, Gunma, Japan ISO TC204 is carrying out standardization activities related to Intelligent Transport Systems Technology. Within TC204, WG3 is working on map data. This presentation will examine TC204's strategy towards map data for car navigation systems. One encoding for map data, GDF, is currently an ISO standard however work is moving forward on XGDF & other API's for the standardization at other levels. This presentation will examine these efforts. Biographical Sketch: -Maebashi Institute of Technology (http://www.maebashi-it.ac.jp/) -Professor: Maebashi Technical Institute, Gunma Japan -ISO TC204 WG3 Convener, and Japan National WG3 Group Leader   ◇"Geo-spatial Conditions and LBS" 16:45～17:25 Mr. Ron Lake, President, Galdos Inc.(Canada) Many types of location-based services require more than just location information. Successful services must also deal with business logic, access control policies and dynamic rules which govern the interaction between the mobile user and their environment. This presentation argues that such policies can be captured using a combination of OASIS XACML (extensible Access Control Markup Language) and OGC Filter Expression, the former providing the policy definition framework and the latter providing an open grammar for the expression of geometric constraints using GML (Geography Markup Language).  The presentation further argues for the incorporation of a policy engine, integrated within an OGC Web Feature Server. Several examples are provided to demonstrate the application of location policies to LBS/LBCS including asset management, location- based advertising, security and location-aware multi-media. Biographical Sketch: - President, Galdos Systems, Inc. Vancouver Canada (http://www.galdos.ca/) - Principal Author of OGC's GML Specification - Chairman OGC GML Special Interest Group - Member of Canada ISO TC211 National Body - M.Sc: University of Toronto