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Uploading Routes to Garmin fēnix 3 (or: #letmeusemydata)

One problem described recently is how to get useful track and waypoint information out of Garmin's rather closed world. The other direction can be equally tricky, by which I mean how to get tracks and waypoints onto the device to... Read more →

How to Create and Use Waypoints with Garmin Devices (or: #givememydata)

Imagine you are hiking or walking and you are using a GPS to record your track. Modern devices such as Garmin's watches allow you to "Save Locations" along the way, which can be a handy way to mark some kind... Read more →

A JSON Format for GPS Data on the Web

The Global Positioning System (GPS) has revolutionized many things, and has become an integral part of many mobile computing scenarios. Also, it has become essential for many outdoor and sports enthusiast, or simply fitness-interested people, by using GPS-enabled wearables (such... Read more →

LocWeb 2015: Call for Papers

The 5th International Workshop on Location and the Web (LocWeb 2015) Held in conjunction with WWW2015, the 24th International World Wide Web Conference Florence, Italy, May 19, 2015. We are very happy to announce that LocWeb 2015 will take place... Read more →

Open Spatial Services

is location a web concept (yet)? not really so far, even though of course there are many location-based services (LBS) out there. but many are trapped in specific services such as google maps or foursquare, often for business reasons, sometimes... Read more →

LocWeb 2010: Call for Papers

Third International Workshop on Location and the Web (LocWeb 2010) http://medien.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/LocWeb2010/ Tokyo, Japan, November 29, 2010 Co-located with Internet of Things 2010 (IoT 2010) http://www.iot2010.org/ Twitter: @LocWeb2010 The Third International Workshop on Location and the Web (LocWeb 2010) focuses on... Read more →

SPRINGL 2010: Call for Papers

3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Security and Privacy in GIS and LBS 2010 (SPRINGL 2010) http://springl2010.modap.org/ Co-located with 18th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS 2010) http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/ November 2, 2010, San Jose, CA,... Read more →

Maps on the iPhone

when the iPhone was released almost three years ago, apple and google had a love affair going on, google optimized their youtube videos for iPhone delivery and allowed google maps to work well with the native maps app. this love... Read more →

LocWeb 2010?

after two successful and interesting Location and the Web (LocWeb) workshops (LocWeb 2008 at WWW2008 and LocWeb 2009 at CHI 2009), the obvious question to ask is: should there be a LocWeb 2010? i am of course in favor of... Read more →

Web of Things 2010 Workshop

we were just informed that our Web of Things 2010 proposal at the Eighth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications has been accepted, which means that there will be a WoT2010 workshop at PerCom 2010 in march... Read more →