Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking, and Services. 8th International ICST Conference, MobiQuitous 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 6-9, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Towards Meeting Assistance: An Integrated Appointment Assistance and Group Pedestrian Navigation System

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-30973-1_33,
        author={Bjoern Zenker and Viktor Pyatkovka and Christian Drabek},
        title={Towards Meeting Assistance: An Integrated Appointment Assistance and Group Pedestrian Navigation System},
        proceedings={Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking, and Services. 8th International ICST Conference, MobiQuitous 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 6-9, 2011, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={appointment assistance group pedestrian navigation system Steiner Tree problem},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-30973-1_33}
    }
    
  • Bjoern Zenker
    Viktor Pyatkovka
    Christian Drabek
    Year: 2012
    Towards Meeting Assistance: An Integrated Appointment Assistance and Group Pedestrian Navigation System
    MOBIQUITOUS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30973-1_33
Bjoern Zenker1,*, Viktor Pyatkovka1, Christian Drabek1
  • 1: University of Erlangen-Nuernberg
*Contact email: bjoern.zenker@cs.fau.de

Abstract

People often go out with other people, meet friends and prefer covering distances together. 70% of all pedestrians travel in a group according to Moussaïd et al. However, most pedestrian navigation systems are intended for single users only. For closing this gap we built a meeting assistance system for groups of users who want to meet. This paper will present the challenges of building such a system, just as solutions for making appointments, calculating appropriate meeting points and routes using Steiner Trees.