Observations on the University of Kent Nature Trail in Light of Hand-Held Computers

Abstract

This is a brief Computing Laboratory report that discusses potential ideas for automating and improving the University of Kent nature trail given the advances in hand-held technology since it was established. The report also seeks to draw some more general conclusions about what information might be captured by the devices and how it could be used to improve tours or other similar applications. This report was written without much prior knowledge of ubiquitous computing and is mainly designed to capture initial thoughts before I read the work of others and become more focussed on concepts arrived at by people already working in the field