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'''Location-based matchmaking''' can mean two things: | '''Location-based matchmaking''' is related to [[location-aware computing]] and can mean two things: | ||
* It can describe a computer algorithm that uses location data in order to match something. E.g. presence of person in a location and touristic sights nearby | * It can describe a computer algorithm that uses location data in order to match something. E.g. presence of person in a location and touristic sights nearby | ||
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* [http://www.springerlink.com/index/684NP54833X6432R.pdf Lo-Fi matchmaking : a study of social pairing for backpackers] | * [http://www.springerlink.com/index/684NP54833X6432R.pdf Lo-Fi matchmaking : a study of social pairing for backpackers] | ||
[[Category: Mobile computing]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:03, 17 June 2011
Introduction
Location-based matchmaking is related to location-aware computing and can mean two things:
- It can describe a computer algorithm that uses location data in order to match something. E.g. presence of person in a location and touristic sights nearby
- It can describe applications that raise awareness of others' that share similar interests and who are in the same area.
Bibliography and Links
- Michael Koch, Georg Groh, Christian Hillebrand: Mobile Communities – Extending Online Communities into the Real World, to appear in: Proc. Americas Conf. on Information Science (AMCIS2002), Dallas, TX, Aug. 2002. PDF