Alexey Kashevnik

Context-Aware Routing Service for an Intelligent Mobile-Tourist Guide

The use of intelligent geographical information systems in the tourism industry allows for providing access to information about attractions during a tourist’s trip. Navigation is a main concern for tourists. Attractions can be located far away from the tourist’s current location, and the tourist usually reaches a desired attraction with the use of available transportation modes: on foot, by personal car, or on public transport. The present work describes a service for an intelligent mobile-tourist guide (TAIS) that supports routing between attractions using transportation modes inside the city. The tourist context is considered during the routing process. The service has been tested over the transport network of St. Petersburg, which is a Russian megalopolis with population of >5 million people.