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Title
Proceedings International Workshop on Mobile Mapping Technology
Author
Li, Rongxing

Wearable Computing, Wireless Communication 8z Knowledge
Discovery for Mobile Data Acquisition &; Analysis
Klaus Brinkkötter-Runde 1 and Ubbo Visser 2
1 Institute for Geoinformatics,
University of Münster,
Robert-Koch-Str. 26-28,
D-48149 Münster, Germany,
ninde®uni-muenster.de
2 TZI - Centre for Computing Technologies,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
University of Bremen,
Universitätsallee 21-23,
D-28359 Bremen, Germany,
visserffltzi.de
Keywords: Wearable Computer, Mobile Data Acquisition, Knowledge Discovery, Data Mining, Wireless Commu
nication, Augmented Reality, GIS, Maintenance.
Abstract Data acquisition with wearable field computers is increasingly applied in various disciplines.
Such systems represent more sophisticated, time and cost effective tools than traditional field forms
in the crucial phase of data acquisition. This article will focus on two different applications for new
approaches in mobile mapping and data acquisition: (a) ’’traditional” field mapping using a GIS
frontend software and (b) process monitoring and planning for maintenance of technical production
plants. We show that this new computer technology will lead us to new approaches and therefore will
initiate software developers to build new programs.
Kurzfassung Wearable Computer (am Körper zu tragende Computer) spielen bei der Datenakqui
sition im Gelände eine zunehmende Rolle und werden in verschiedenen Disziplinen eingesetzt. Mit
derartigen Systemen stehen hochentwickelte, zeit- und kosteneffektive Werkzeuge für die wichtige
Phase der Akquisition von Daten zur Verfügung. Dieser Beitrag fokussiert auf zwei verschiedenen
Anwendungen von Wearable Computern bei der Gewinnung und intelligenten Verarbeitung von
Daten: (a) ’’Traditionelles Erheben von Felddaten mit einem mobilen GIS sowie (b) der Einsatz
von Wearable Computern für die Überwachung und Planung von Instandhaltungsprozessen für
großtechnische Anlagen. Technologien zu neuen Möglichkeiten bei der Gewinnung und Verarbeitung
von Felddaten werden hier aufgezeigt.
1 Introduction
A new level of technology came up over the last cou
ple of years in the area of wearable computing. Wear
able computers are a new hardware technology, where
the user works on a high-performance PC, but has his
hands, legs, and eyes free. There are a few questions
with this technology such as
- is it possible to transfer the existing software onto
this computer without loosing performance ?
- are there deficits with to date software solutions
which can be overcome with the new technology ?
- are there new applications only possible with this
technology ?
We follow these questions in this article with two
approaches. The first approach deals with the process
of data acquisition in the field using a combination of a
mobile GIS and GPS while the second approach offers
new ideas to use the technology within a maintenance
process of large technical plants.
2 Mobile mapping - a discipline with
high development capacities
Since the last five years field-based GIS play an impor
tant role in research and software development at the
Institute for Geoinformatics (IFGI) . The efforts of the
Working Group for Mobile Geocomputing (WGMG)
were mainly focused on tools for field based and DGPS
supported GIS which enable the user to define and up
date spatial objects. The following will give emphasis
to some issues that are especially related to new basic
approaches in using Augmented Reality and wearable
networking issues in field-based GIS.
Recent years have seen an enormous progress in the
development of innovative wearable computing devices.