Geostry

Recently, miniature systems are integrated into everyday objects making these objects "smart". Thereby, everyday objects can gather information about their state and environment. By embedding this information into a model of the real world, it is possible to generate powerful digital world models. However, we can also link additional information to these objects. The result is a symbiosis of real world and digital information spaces. In this book, we present a system that allows for an easy access to this information. Geostry bases on a peer-to-peer system and thus incorporates all the advantages, such as self- organization, fairness, scalability and many more. Thereby, Geostry covers all aspects from bootstrapping a network, providing access to geographic-related information and replication methods to provide accessibility in times of high loads.

Autorentext

Mirko Knoll studied computer science at the University of Stuttgart where he graduated in 2005. He then transfered to the University of Duisburg-Essen to continue his studies of peer-to-peer systems in relation with location-based information. During his stay he published his work at major conferences and finished his PhD in 2009.