Presentation for a advise report for an open source location-based service for audiovisual heritage by students from VU University Amsterdam. Full report - in Dutch - is available here: http://openimages.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Adviesrapport-Beeld-en-Geluid-1.0-FINAL.pdf

1. Sound and Vision Augmented Landmarks Group 2 Hans Horn, YoussefIbrahimi, Ismail Ait Mouhou Arnold Eriks, Thomas Günther and Rio Tri Harsono 26 May 2010

3. Research results

4. Recommendations

5. Research subjects

6. Mobile location techniques

7. Source, meta and geodata

8. Mobile development platforms

9. Mobile multimedia formats

10. Similar AR applications

11. Future Steps

13. Five requirements questions

14. Research methodIntroduction | Research results | Recommendations | Research subjects| Future steps | Questions 03 / 12

16. Data extraction  Geonames

17. Geoinformation standard  ARML

18. Development platforms  Symbian & Android

19. Multimedia formats  AAC, H.264 & JPEG

20. Graphics standard  OpenGL

21. Maps standard  OpenStreetMapIntroduction | Research results | Recommendations | Research subjects| Future steps | Questions 04 / 12

22. Recommendations

24. Which mobile positioning technique to use?

25. Findings

26. Network based (WLAN, GSM, ToA) or device based (GPS, RFID, QR-CODE)

27. Hybrid based positioning techniques => A-GPS

28. Location-based services (LBS), Skyhook and Google

29. Arguments

30. Accuracy and Coverage

31. GPS as de facto standard

32. Rapid development

33. Advice

34. A-GPS and Location Based ServicesIntroduction | Research results | Recommendations | Research subjects| Future steps | Questions 06 / 12

36. Research the methods and standards to retrieve data from Thesaurus and additional content sources

37. Findings

38. Geographical databases: Geonames and TGN

39. Contentplatforms: DBpedia and Flickrwrappr

40. Standards (ISO 19115, ARML)

41. Arguments

42. Quality and extent of database

43. Accuracy

44. Costs

45. Advice

46. Use of Geonames

47. Add coordinates to Thesaurus

48. ARMLIntroduction | Research results | Recommendations | Research subjects| Future steps | Questions 07 / 12

50. Which open source platform suits Sound and Vision best?

51. Findings

52. Five potential platforms

53. Open source and non open source platforms

54. More than one suitable platform

55. Arguments

56. Open source

57. Global market share

58. Application distribution channel

59. Advice

60. Android OS and Symbian OSIntroduction | Research results | Recommendations | Research subjects| Future steps | Questions 08 / 12

62. Which (open source) multimedia formats can be used for audio, video and pictures?

63. Findings

64. Several formats for audio/video

65. Limited to formats that are supported by the cell phones

66. Barely open source

67. Arguments

68. Established formats

69. Open source or free to use

70. File size

71. Advice

72. AAC for audio, H.264 for video, JPEG for picturesIntroduction | Research results | Recommendations | Research subjects| Future steps | Questions 09 / 12

73. Similar AR applications (5/5) Objective Research and list similar mobile AR browsers and distill their best practices Findings Five most popular browsers; Acrossair, Gamaray, Layar, Nulaz and Wikitude Speed, content, usability and price Arguments Open source Accuracy of information retrieval Possibilities of adding content Advice Three best practices; (1) Content offer (2) Possibility to upload content through ARML (3) Clear categorization of different content Introduction | Research results | Recommendations | Research subjects| Future steps | Questions 10 / 12

74. Future steps Instruments for AR experience and orientation: Optical sensor, digital compass, gyroscope and accelerometer Hardware dependency, quality of batteries, privacy Further research on adding geodata to Thesaurus Geoparsing techniques Emerging mobile development platforms and devices Use of included surveys Use of OpenStreetMap OpenGL for showing POIs Introduction | Research results | Recommendations | Research subjects| Future steps | Questions 11 / 12

75. Questions Introduction | Research results | Recommendations | Research subjects| Future steps | Questions 12 / 12