Abstract
We present a mobile public transportation guide
application called KAMO, which offers journey planning
and stop-specific timetable information for public
transportation passengers. Passengers can also pay for
their fare using the application; travel news concerning
current problems or changes to the public transport are
also available via the KAMO application. We describe the
KAMO service architecture, compare it with related work,
and illustrate a typical application scenario from the
user's point of view. Our work takes steps forward in
combining journey planning and the real-time
positioning-based monitoring of the buses in the same
application and advancing the application's usability of
the by utilising the Near Field Communication (NFC)
technology. We summarise initial user trial results,
which demonstrate that NFC can be used with public
transportation services. Based on the user trial results
and our own experience, we present the future development
directions for KAMO.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings |
| Subtitle of host publication | IET 4th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IE08 |
| Place of Publication | Stevenage, UK |
| Publisher | Institution of Engineering and Technology IET |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-86341-894-5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 4th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IE08 - Seattle, MA, United States Duration: 21 Jul 2008 → 22 Jul 2008 |
Conference
| Conference | 4th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IE08 |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title | IE08 |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Seattle, MA |
| Period | 21/07/08 → 22/07/08 |
Keywords
- Mobile application
- NFC
- Public transportation
