Location-Aware Computing Comes of Age (IEEE Computer, Feb, 2004)

Good overview of the subject. Presents a graph were various localization technologies and the typical accuracy range are shown.

Enhanced 911 requirement - accuracies of 50 to 100 meters by the end of 2005.

Wal-Mart requires its top 100 suppliers to include RFID tags in their products by january 2005

Microsoft revealed that its next PC operating system, code-named Longhorn, will include location-aware software components.

Applications:
- Office applications: nearest printer & mobile desktop control
- Tour and museum guides can help people navigate
- "Locate my friends" utilities (location-based IM)
- Conference aids can track attendance and facilitate discussion
- Medical facilities can track staff and monitor patients response
- Home applications (management and entartainment) + aid disabled or aged people

-> Look at the last MobiSys paper from Cambridge for "applications" used by their Bat software.