Smart Geographic object: Toward a new understanding of GIS Technology in Ubiquitous Computing
One of the fundamental aspects of ubiquitous computing is the instrumentation of the real world by smart devices. This instrumentation constitutes an opportunity to rethink the interactions between human beings and their environment on the one hand, and between the components of this environment on the other. In this paper we discuss what this understanding of ubiquitous computing can bring to geographic science and particularly to GIS technology. Our main idea is the instrumentation of the geographic environment through the instrumentation of geographic objects composing it. And then investigate how this instrumentation can meet the current limitations of GIS technology, and offers a new stage of rapprochement between the earth and its abstraction.
As result, the current research work proposes a new concept we named Smart Geographic Object SGO. The latter is a convergence point between the smart objects and geographic objects, two concepts appertaining respectively to the Internet of Things, and geographical modeling of the Earth.
Keywords: GIS, Ubiquitous Computing, Geographic object, Smart object.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Zakaria Sakyoud
Sakyoud Zakaria is preparing his PhD thesis on the context-aware mobile GIS at Cadi Ayyad Marrakech - Morocco in co-supervision with I3S Laboratory - University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis France. The thesis is supervised by Eladnani Mohamed and co-supervision by Gaëtan Rey and El Fazziki Abdelaziz.
Gaëtan Rey
Gaëtan Rey got his PhD degree in computer science from the University of Joseph Fourier at Grenoble, in 2005, on context-aware computing. During 2005-2006, he spent one year in the System Research Group of the University College of Dublin,UK. He’s Associate Professor in Computer Science in the Institute of Technology of the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis, France.
Mohamed Eladnani
Mohamed El Adnani received his PhD in Computer Science from Clermont Ferrand University France in 1994. He is currently a Professor at Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco. Most of his scientific activities are devoted to computer science especially e-learning, spatial database and engineering.
Stephane Lavirotte
Stéphane Lavirotte got his PhD degree in computer science from the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis and INRIA, in 2000, on software for document Analysis and Recognition. He participated in various European projects between 1997 and 2004 (in ESPRIT, IST European research programs). He is Associate Professor in Computer Science at the IUFM of the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis, France
El Fazziki Abdelaziz
Aziz Elfazziki Received the Ph.D degree in computer Science from the university of Nancy in 1985. He received the Ph.D degree in Multi-agent Systems from Cadi Ayyad in 2002, His research interests include Information Systems and Multi-agent Systems.
Jean-Yves Tigli
Jean-Yves Tigli got his PhD degree in computer science from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, in 1996, on software engineering for intelligent robotics systems. He participated in various European projects between 1998 and 2002 (in ESPRIT and MAST European research programs). He’s Associate Professor in Computer Science at the Engineering School of Technology of the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis, France.
Zakaria Sakyoud
Sakyoud Zakaria is preparing his PhD thesis on the context-aware mobile GIS at Cadi Ayyad Marrakech - Morocco in co-supervision with I3S Laboratory - University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis France. The thesis is supervised by Eladnani Mohamed and co-supervision by Gaëtan Rey and El Fazziki Abdelaziz.
Gaëtan Rey
Gaëtan Rey got his PhD degree in computer science from the University of Joseph Fourier at Grenoble, in 2005, on context-aware computing. During 2005-2006, he spent one year in the System Research Group of the University College of Dublin,UK. He’s Associate Professor in Computer Science in the Institute of Technology of the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis, France.
Mohamed Eladnani
Mohamed El Adnani received his PhD in Computer Science from Clermont Ferrand University France in 1994. He is currently a Professor at Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco. Most of his scientific activities are devoted to computer science especially e-learning, spatial database and engineering.
Stephane Lavirotte
Stéphane Lavirotte got his PhD degree in computer science from the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis and INRIA, in 2000, on software for document Analysis and Recognition. He participated in various European projects between 1997 and 2004 (in ESPRIT, IST European research programs). He is Associate Professor in Computer Science at the IUFM of the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis, France
El Fazziki Abdelaziz
Aziz Elfazziki Received the Ph.D degree in computer Science from the university of Nancy in 1985. He received the Ph.D degree in Multi-agent Systems from Cadi Ayyad in 2002, His research interests include Information Systems and Multi-agent Systems.
Jean-Yves Tigli
Jean-Yves Tigli got his PhD degree in computer science from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, in 1996, on software engineering for intelligent robotics systems. He participated in various European projects between 1998 and 2002 (in ESPRIT and MAST European research programs). He’s Associate Professor in Computer Science at the Engineering School of Technology of the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis, France.
