The idea of giving route directions to WAP (wireless application protocol) phone users is somewhat frustrated by the limits of current technology. It is expected that third generation telephones will allow people to get better quality pictures by means of higher bandwidth and full-sized colour displays. Nevertheless for the very first time, WAP technology has lowered the barriers for the development of low-cost, universal and location-indifferent infomobility services. This paper presents the experience and the implementation choices of a WAP server that allows people to get routing directions and localisation of points of interest. Some implementation solutions adopted here are considered innovative and might be useful to implementing analogous WAP-based infomobility applications.
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