On proximity information systems

The paper discusses the replacement of well-known conception of geo-information systems with a new model based on proximity. Geo-information systems have attracted great attention and have received great development in recent times. The reasons for this are fairly obvious. On the one hand, services are required by users, primarily at their location, and on the other hand, location determination has become easy, especially in connection with the proliferation of smartphones. But at the same time, the actual geographic coordinates are not needed by the majority of such services. Coordinates are used only for searching and organizing data. While the actual assignment of most services is a search for data (services) bound by these coordinates to a spe cific area. In other words, in most cases, service is meant data near the current location. Hence the idea to build services directly on the assessment of proximity, completely bypassing the work with coordinates. It also makes possible completely new services, especially in the technical field (for example, in transport, agriculture, etc.).

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