Data models of landmarks - from an information science perspectice. An experience-based approach for indoor and outdoor navigation

Due to increasing pervasiveness of mobile computing, pedestrian navigation systems have become quite popular to users. In contrast to vehicle navigation systems, users, who walk, prefer salient objects, i.e. landmarks, to orient themselves. However, neither the topological relation between users and landmarks, nor the composition of landmarks has been used in prototypes before. The goal of the dissertation is to fill this gap, i.e. to gain an insight into the preconditions of in situ use of the theoretical work already done. This kind of research is deeply rooted in the fields of Information Processing, Information Retrieval and Human-Computer Interaction and hence in Information Science in general.