Interface Design of the Location-Based M-Tourism Application

Abstract:

Along with the development of smartphones and tablets world-widely, and the progress of mobile internet and Wi-Fi hotspots, users can acquire information via mobile devices anytime and anywhere.In recent years, Taiwan's tourism is flourishing, more and more foreign travelers come to visit Taiwan.Therefore, providing a user-friendly M-tourism system for foreign travelers can help them to experience more during traveling.We referred the theories of human-computer interface design to develop our M-tourism system—the LBS M-tourism Application.This system not only provides online traveling information, but integrates with location-based services (LBS). The LBS M-tourism Application can use global positioning system (GPS) technology, and provide traveling information or services to the user based on his/ her present location.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 302)
• Pages: 658-662
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.302.658
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Kuo Wei Su, Chao Hung Wang, Po Hung Chen, Yi Ying Wu
• Keywords: Interface Design, Location Based Service (LBS), Mobile Device, M-Tourism System

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