Why I am looking forward to APPLICATIONS IN GIS....

The topic I am most interested in studying is “GIS for Location-Based Services”.     According to the ESRI Web site: “With these servers and services, you can build new Web and wireless applications faster or enhance existing ones with location, addresses, points of interest, dynamic maps, and routing directions.”    In the last few years we have seen a surge in the number of companies that take advantage of dynamic location based applications.   Augmented reality will continue this evolution of providing spatial information to the mobile user based on location and context.  Consider this concept video for “Google Glasses” : Project Glass     This concept shows some of the benefits that could be seen by using a Internet-Connected Heads-Up Display (HUD).  Spatial information such as current location, routing directions (both outside and inside of buildings), proximity messages to both people and locations, and location based services such as weather could be made available to a user.   Application Developers with GIS knowhow will be required to make these bold concepts appear in actual commercial projects.    That is why I am interested in both my classes this semester: APPLICATIONS IN GIS and GIS PROGRAMMING