Personalization in adaptive and interactive GIS

Abstract

With continuous increase of available online spatial data, requirements for the adaptation of spatial content to user's context becomes increasingly important. Location-based services (LBS) deliver to the user information specific to a given location preferably using mobile devices. Personalizing the information provided to the user to take into account her/his information preferences and current location, the problem of inundating the user with irrelevant information is avoided. The research presented in this paper introduces an approach which implicitly monitors the user's activity and generates a user profile reflecting her/his information preferences based on the interactions of the user with the system, and her/his physical location and movements. The system recognizes the user profile and adapts accordingly both to provide suitable information, and to prioritize the functionality appropriate to the user's current context. © 2009 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.