On the (in-)accuracy of GPS measures of smartphones: A study of running tracking applications

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 335-340

  Bauer, Christine ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Global Positioning System; GPS; Localization; Location based System; Positioning; Running Tracking; Smartphone; Sports Tracking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; GPS MEASUREMENTS; LOCALIZATION; LOCATION-BASED SYSTEMS; POSITIONING; RUNNING APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BASE; TRACKING APPLICATION;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MOBILE COMPUTING; SMARTPHONES; SPORTS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84897641565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2536853.2536893     Document Type: Conference Paper

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