Mobile location based services

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Mobile location based services the University
website
Friday 10th July

• Tom Wright
• Web Team Leader

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The University website
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New beta website

• http//beta.nottingham.ac.uk

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Aims objectives

• Focus on the user
• Integrate the Universitys many sub-sites
• Remove duplicated content
• Promote the University campuses
• More use of video and photography

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Next steps

• Live launch scheduled for October 2009
• More Schools, Departments Institutes
• Further development of beta sub-sections
• Services for Business
• To follow
• Undergraduate prospectus
• Research Innovation
• Further Schools, Departments Institutes
• China Malaysia
• Postgraduate prospectus

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Mobile location-basedservices
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Location aware web pages

• Pinpoint your location
• Locate other people
• Bring people together
• Point people towards nearby facilities, events,
  etc.
• Access data relevant to location

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iPhone location finder
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Possible uses

• Campus Tours for prospective students
• Academic Schools Departments
• Facilities
• Accommodation
• Campus Maps
• Introduction to Nottingham for foreign students
• Campus Guide for visitors or new staff/students
• Social networking helping staff students get
  together
• Lecture event finder

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Location aware tours

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v0Kmj36XucgU

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Campus tours
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Campus maps

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vKgYNUdwYZRE

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Accommodation
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Social networking

• http//vimeo.com/1984673

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Finding other peoples location
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Finding events
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Finding nearby facilities
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Issues

• We need accurate location data for rooms,
  buildings, events, etc.
• This would also need to be kept up to date
• Need to ensure apps work cross-platform and
  cross-browser
• And ensure that apps are accessible to all