Location based services Japan market report (archived)
Version 8 of February 1, 2011
pdf file, approx. 139 pages, 8 Figures, 68 Photos, 17 Tables, 6.8 Mbyte
Lead author: Gerhard Fasol works since 1984 with Japan’s technology industries.
Summary – Location based services Japan market report:
Location based services Japan: Japan introduced the world’s first mobile location based service (LBS), and the world’s first mobile phones with GPS (satellite Global Positioning) in 2001. Today 90% of Japan’s mobile phones are equiped with GPS, and augmented satellite positioning can achieve 3 cm (1 inch) resolution. It is estimated that associated location based services will become a US$ 12 billion/year business. This report gives an overview of Japan’s location based services for mobile phones.
Table of Contents – Location based services Japan market report:
- Executive Summary: Location based services Japan
Agenda - Geospatial information systems (GIS) and global positiong systems (GPS) in Japan
Legal and regulatory basis for Japan’s geo-spatial information utilization and location based services
Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS)
Table comparing Japan’s QZSS navigation satellite system with those of USA, EU, Russia, India, China
Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) and Michibiki
Advancing GPS to 3cm (1 inch) resultion - Position determination and global positioning systems (GPS) for Japan’s mobile phones
Determining the position of a mobile phone
Accuracy of location determination (table comparing GPS, triangulation and cell position)
GPS in Japan’s mobile phones (table showing historic development)
DoCoMo’s first mobile phone with GPS - Position determination for emergency calls from Japan’s mobile phones
Emergency calls in Japan (Table showing statistical data for 2002)
Number of emergency calls in Japan (Table showing emergency call statists for total number of calls and for calls from mobile phones for 1993 – 2002)
Ambulance, emergency service response time for emergency calls (Table showing emergency call response time for 1994 – 2004)
Accuracy of location determination (table comparing accurace of location information and methods for GPS, triangulation and determination from cell position
Development trends - Emergency calls as a business opportunity
Private companies offering emergency call services - Location determination as an accessory / API
- Market size estimations
- The main types of LBS
- Position determination for child safety
Child location and child safety services (table showing overview of several commercial child safety services based on GPS)
Where are my kids? Where is my grandfather and my grandmother?
Willcom Iruka service
Railway ticket gates to track kids via a mobile phone - Where are my friends?
Where do I get home from here? - How to I get from A to B? Norikae annai (trip planning, transfer information), “Total Navigation”
Naviwalk – navigation for walking
3D navigation for walking
Navigation with train travel - Norikae-annai. Trip planning sites on the official i-Mode menu
To plan a trip - How to I get from A to B? Navitime: Naviwalk – total navigation
EZ-Naviwalk – navigation for walking
Navitime
Navitime top menu
3D navigation for walking
Navigation with train travel
Norikae annay example: from Tokyo to Osaka’s Miyako-Hotel
Pricing information - How to I get from A to B? Navitime: train travel informaiton by Sakutto-norikae
GPS for JAVA applications
Ekitan Sakutto Norikae - Eco-navigation
- Location based services on i-Mode
The i-mode eco system
Information for daily life on the i-Mode menu - DoCoMo’s i-Area services
Overview
i-Area’s business model
i-Area top page today and now
Evolution of the i-Area top page over the years
Schematic outlines of services
User perspective
Listing and overview of services offered
Business plans, trends and developments - Google maps on DoCoMo
- Business-to-business (B2B) applications
KDDI’s GPS map service
iGPS cargo
DoCoMo’s location based service development kit
SAP and KDDI LBS cooperation
Location based wireless services for revenue control - Goopa and other travel related location based services
Outline of goopa
Other train travel related location based services - Selected companies in the sector – location based services for mobile phones
Digital map companies
Navigation service companies
Location information from Wifi networks - GPS based games, location games
GPS assisted social SNS augmented reality company
GPS travel game, location based game and location based advertising and travel stimulation - Summary: Location based services Japan
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