LBS 2018 - 14th International Conference on Location Based Services

Built on the success of previous conferences in this series, LBS 2018 is addressed to scholars, researchers, digital industry / market operators, and students of different backgrounds (scientific, engineering and humanistic) whose work is either focused on or relevant to location based services (LBS). The conference will offer a common ground to colleagues from various disciplines and practice where they can meet, interact and exchange knowledge, experience, plans and ideas on how LBS can and could be improved and on how it will influence both science and society.
Topics
We invite contributions in the following areas (but not limited to):
Outdoor and indoor positioning
Multi-sensor systems and sensor fusion
Smartphone-based positioning
Smart environments and ambient spatial intelligence
Indoor spatial data model and mapping
Spatio-temporal data acquisition, processing, and analysis
LBS, crowdsourcing and volunteered geographic information (VGI)
Location-based social networks
Geotagged big data
Personalization and context-aware adaptation
Visualization techniques for LBS
Novel user interfaces and interaction techniques
3D and augmented reality
Innovative LBS systems and applications
Wayfinding and navigation
LBS and transportation applications
User studies and evaluations
Privacy and usability
Human factors in LBS
Smart cities
Legal, ethical and business aspects in LBS
Open source solutions and standards