On Network Proximity in Web Applications
This addresses the need for precise geographic content binding in web applications for domains like Smart Cities and retail, but appears incremental as it builds on context-aware programming models.
The paper tackles the problem of creating mobile web applications with content bound to specific geographic areas, enabling distinction of individual areas within indoor spaces, and targets applications for Smart Cities and retail.
In this paper, we discuss one approach for development and deployment of web sites (web pages) devoted to the description of objects (events) with a precisely delineated geographic scope. This article describes the usage of context-aware programming models for web development. In our paper, we propose mechanisms to create mobile web applications which content links to some predefined geographic area. The accuracy of such a binding allows us to distinguish individual areas within the same indoor space. Target areas for such development are applications for Smart Cities and retail.