ABSTRACT
The learning objective of this chapter is to determine the applications of mobile GIS technology in water industry.
MAJOR TOPICS
LIST OF CHAPTER ACRONYMS
LBS Location Based Services PDA Personal Digital Assistant RTK Real Time Kinematic
MOBILE GIS BASICS
Integration of GIS with consumer electronics such as cell phones and automobile navigation systems has spawned a whole new industry called location-based services (LBS). LBS services are used for managing dispatch and routing, fleets, work orders, and field crews — all of which improve customer service. Telegeoinformatics is also a new discipline resulting from the integration of mobile computing with wired and wireless communications, GIS, GPS, and remote sensing technologies (Karimi and Hammad, 2004). GIS lies at the heart of most mobile information resource systems. For example, it is now possible to wirelessly transmit a GPS location from the field, which can then be viewed on a GIS map via the Internet.
