Ubiquitous Positioning: A Taxonomy for Location Determination on Mobile Navigation System

TL;DR

This paper introduces a taxonomy for ubiquitous positioning in mobile navigation systems, addressing the challenges of location determination in obstructed environments by classifying existing methods and aiding future research.

Contribution

It proposes a comprehensive taxonomy based on literature review to compare and understand various ubiquitous positioning techniques for mobile navigation.

Findings

Provides a structured classification of positioning methods

Facilitates comparison of different ubiquitous positioning systems

Aids researchers in identifying future research directions

Abstract

The location determination in obstructed area can be very challenging especially if Global Positioning System are blocked. Users will find it difficult to navigate directly on-site in such condition, especially indoor car park lot or obstructed environment. Sometimes, it needs to combine with other sensors and positioning methods in order to determine the location with more intelligent, reliable and ubiquity. By using ubiquitous positioning in mobile navigation system, it is a promising ubiquitous location technique in a mobile phone since as it is a familiar personal electronic device for many people. However, as research on ubiquitous positioning systems goes beyond basic methods there is an increasing need for better comparison of proposed ubiquitous positioning systems. System developers are also lacking of good frameworks for understanding different options during building ubiquitous positioning systems. This paper proposes taxonomy to address both of these problems. The proposed taxonomy has been constructed from a literature study of papers and articles on positioning estimation that can be used to determine location everywhere on mobile navigation system. For researchers the taxonomy can also be used as an aid for scoping out future research in the area of ubiquitous positioning.