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Space syntax analysis - methodology of understanding the space
PublicationNowadays space is considered as a net of connections between different areas. The questions how to delineate its character and how it is possible to objectively compare two spaces is the matter under consideration. This was the reason for creating new theories about the structure of place. "Space syntax analysis" (SSA) or simply "Space Syntax" defines a number of theories and research areas devoted to the analysis of space configuration....
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Determinants of SME location in a suburban area: Evidence from the Gdańsk–Gdynia–Sopot metropolitan area.
PublicationGiven the importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the European economy, it is essential to have adequate information about the various factors that determine their choice of location. However, the size of a company is often an aspect not covered in theoretical studies and empirical research on industrial locations and urban planning. This article examines the place of residence...
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Art of Space – Art in Space / The Role of Sound Art in Public
PublicationThe article presents a discussion of the crossroad between art and architecture. It sketches out the theoretical and practical aspects of space revitalisation and improving its quality in the context of multisensory dimension of public spaces. The unique manifestation of art and creativity in public space could be detected and stimulated using participatory architecture, for instance interactive installations, projects related...
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W stronę spersonalizowanego miasta?
PublicationOd czasów Platona i Witruwiusza nie ustają wysiłki na rzecz dążenia do prawdy, dobra i piękna skupione wokół miasta jako idei politycznej i przestrzeni fundamentalnie egzystencjalnej. Towarzyszy im od wieków myślenie o idealnej organizacji i kompozycji miasta, o poczuciu podmiotowości mieszkańców i użytkowników, doświadczaniu przez nich czasu i przestrzeni. Szczególnie w ostatnich dekadach, gdy już nie przestrzeń, a czas i jego...
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Energy, water detailed usage. Living lab testing for sustainable urban food-water-energy cycle.
Open Research DataData set contains detailed, continuous measurements of the usage of water and electrical energy (AC power) in an experimental facility set up in a scientific laboratory (Laboratorium im. B.Niemkiewicza) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Technology of the Gdansk University of Technology. The test bed was established in co-operation...
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LEVEL OF DETAIL CATEGORIZATION FOR THE APPLICATION IN URBAN DESIGN
PublicationUrban planning and urban design involve complex processes that require detailed information about the visual information of a place at various scales. Different graphic tools, such as game engines, are evolving to use urban representation fields. The concept of "level of detail" (LOD) has been used to categorize the level of detail in AEC applications such as BIM and GML for urban representation models. However, there is a need...
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Street Art and Urban Regeneration. Case Study Gdansk and Rome.
PublicationStreet art plays an important role in urban planning as a transforming engine to regenerate the public spaces and in the processes of participation. The article analyzes two main topics. The first one focuses on the urban serving as a support for spatial and cultural strategies in urban redevelopment projects. The second one is related to the potential of micro urban interventions as a strategy for a wider involvement of inhabitants...
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Social media and efficient computer infrastructure in smart city
PublicationSocial media require an efficient infrastructures of computer and communication systems to support a smart city. In a big city, there are several crucial dilemmas with a home and public space planning, a growing population, a global warming, carbon emissions, a lack of key resources like water and energy, and a traffic congestion. In a smart city, we expect an efficient and sustainable transportation, efficient management of resources...
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Looking for New Ideas of Public Space – Public Space Projects in Gdansk Reinforced by Art Activities
PublicationRevitalization of public open spaces is a complex enterprise in Poland in terms of the art, cultural andinformation aspects of this process. Simultaneously the public space should play an important role whenbuilding the quality of revitalization programs and the quality of city development. The new art and culturalactivities are the revitalization tools, which are also the good examples of bottom up ideas helping to start aprocess...
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Energy, water detailed usage. Living lab testing for sustainable urban food-water-energy cycle. Jan. 2022
Open Research DataData set contains detailed, continuous measurements of the usage of water and electrical energy (AC power) in an experimental facility set up in a scientific laboratory (Laboratorium im. B.Niemkiewicza) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Technology of the Gdansk University of Technology. The test bed was established in co-operation...
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Energy, water detailed usage. Living lab testing for sustainable urban food-water-energy cycle. Dec. 2021
Open Research DataData set contains detailed, continuous measurements of the usage of water and electrical energy (AC power) in an experimental facility set up in a scientific laboratory (Laboratorium im. B.Niemkiewicza) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Technology of the Gdansk University of Technology. The test bed was established in co-operation...
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Conception of interactive information and decision support system - model and evaluation
PublicationThis article presents conception of interactive information and decision support system for urban and industrial air quality management. The emphasis of the project is on real-time analysis and multi-media information, and support of distributed and mobile clients through the Internet.
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Spatial aspects of urban air quality management: Estimating the impact of micro-scale urban form on pollution dispersion
PublicationUrban planning and design solutions affect urban ventilation conditions, thus mitigating the effects of atmospheric pollution. However, these findings are not being implemented in the planning practice to a sufficient extent, partly due to the lack of specific guidelines. Moreover, many urban air quality monitoring (AQM) sites have low represnentativeness and thus do not provide comprehensive data for effective urban air pollution control...
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Robert Piotrowski dr hab. inż.
PeopleRobert Piotrowski jest absolwentem Wydziału Elektrotechniki i Automatyki (2001r., kierunek: Automatyka i Robotyka) oraz Wydziału Zarządzania i Ekonomii (2002r., kierunek: Organizacja Systemów Produkcyjnych) Politechniki Gdańskiej. Od 2005 roku jest zatrudniony na Wydziale Elektrotechniki i Automatyki, aktualnie w Katedrze Inteligentnych Systemów Sterowania i Wspomagania Decyzji. W 2005 roku obronił rozprawę doktorską (Automatyka...
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Urban Mentoring as a new polish management technique in participatory planning
PublicationA decade of experience in implementation of numerous urban modernization projects in Poland resulted in a lively debate on socialization of the planning process, in which the matter of the public space quality has become the center of gravity. In those years, transformation from the classic administrative model of „bureaucracy planning” to the model of „management planning” has not been complete. The socialist primacy of the public...
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ELECTIVE PROJECT II _sem 5_Green Story - Free Time Space
e-Learning CoursesThe topic of the course - Green Story - Free Time Space, joins green architecture and a place to spend free time - inside and outside – to read, to eat, to relax. The idea is to design green – to give back the greenery to the public square – to make a city space more friendly for users and more friendly to the environment. You can design a story, to make a space more attractive. You can design a Green Story, to make people more...
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Informal practices in urban planning and governance. Examples from Polish cities
PublicationPlanning has a formal, legally defined component and an informal component developed in response to deficiencies in the planning system. Informal practices can contribute to the development of tools that would improve urban governance, especially in areas related to space. This article presents an overview of informal practices that have taken place in Polish cities and towns in recent years and offers an assessment of their impact...
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Mariusz Figurski prof. dr hab. inż.
PeopleMariusz Józef Figurski (born 27 April 1964 in Łasinie, Poland) - Polish geodesist, professor of technical sciences, professor at the Gdańsk University of Technology. Early life and education He passed the matriculation examination in 1983 after he had finished Jan III Sobieski High school in Grudziądz. He graduated the Military University of Technology on an individual mode at the Faculty of Electromechanics and Civil Engineering...
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Gabriela Rembarz dr inż. arch.
PeopleGabriela Rembarz inżynier-architekt, urbanista, naukowiec, dydaktyk i aktywna projektantka, jest doktorem nauk technicznych w dyscyplinie architektura i urbanistyka, Ukończyła studia magisterskie na Wydziale Architektury i Urbanistyki Politechniki Gdańskiej, uzupełniając je specjalizacją w Ochronie Środowiska w ramach międzyuczelnianego CENVIG Center of Environmental Studies (Politechnika Gdańska) akredytowanego przez Roskilde...
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Hanna Obracht-Prondzyńska dr inż. arch.
PeopleHanna Obracht-Prondzyńska, PhD MArch, Eng. Assistant Professor at the University of Gdańsk, Department of Spatial Management, academic teacher of urban design and spatial data analyses. Architect and urban planner experienced in data driven urban design and planning. She defended her PhD with distinction in engineering and technical sciences in the discipline of architecture and urban planning in 2020 at the Faculty of Architecture...
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The Indication Methods and Techniques of Urban Light Pollution
PublicationThe goal of this study is to review and categorize approaches and methods of facing urban light pollution. Probing various references and documents, the current practice focus on extracting and reviewing different types of urban light pollution detection, survey, and measurement to define a taxonomy of methods by instant comparison. The means of measurement and detecting this pollution include 14 most cited techniques that have...
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The Urban Mentoring as a New Method of Participatory Urban Planning in Poland
PublicationTwenty-five years after the return of democracy and the beginning of basing the country's economy on neoliberal developmental paradigm, Poland adopted the regulations regarding management of urban policy, which had been wait for over a decade (accession to the EU). The National Urban Policy as well as the Act on revitalization have defined, in a modern manner, the field of cooperation between the local government, the administration...
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Paweł Tysiąc dr inż.
PeopleHe was born on March 25, 1992 in Gdańsk. After graduating from Junior High School No. 32, he attended the VIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. National Education Commission in Gdańsk, classes with a mathematical and geographical profile, obtaining a secondary school-leaving examination certificate in 2011. Then, in 2011-2016, he continued his studies at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Gdańsk University of...
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Transforming urban design education through international competitions: a 20-year perspective
PublicationOver the past two decades, international urban design competitions have transformed architectural education by fostering creativity and interdisciplinary learning. This article provides a 20-year perspective by focusing on five of the most prominent competitions: Europan, UIA Student Competitions, ULI Hines Student Competitions, Arturbain.fr and the Global Schindler Award. Through a comparative analysis of these competitions, the...
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Time for temporariness! Temporary architecture - whim or necessity?
PublicationWhat are the qualities of temporary architectural objects that make them helpful instruments for evolving the image of contemporary urban space? Six hypotheses provide rationales for why current temporary architecture seems to be a remedy for dysfunctional city structures. The research was limited to the temporary architectural objects constructed in open-air city zones, including the architecture of events. The temporary objects'...
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Place attachment, place identity, and satisfaction with urban aesthetic.
Open Research DataThe data include individual responses on the following scales (1) place attachment, (2) place identity, and (3) satisfaction with an urban aesthetic. Each line represents responses obtained from one participant and his or her demographic characteristics. like gender, age, and education level.
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Concept of 'Good Urban Governance' and Its Application in Sustainable Urban Planning
PublicationContemporary urban theory and practice in the post-industrial era is increasingly often turning towards an approach based on sustainable development. That concept bearing the traits of a paradigm has grown on the ground of broad quest for an alternative to the existing development model of the industrial civilisation. It has gained wide social acceptance and is the basis for many development and environmental programmes at the...
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The significance of the underground experience: Selection of reference design cases from the underground public transport stations and interchanges of the European Union
PublicationAbstract Background Recent research into the way public transport users appreciate stations and interchanges has highlighted several key aspects. Importantly, the optimization of these facilities should not simply aim to resolve dissatisfiers, but should also focus on addressing satisfiers, through the incorporation of factors such as comfort and experience. ‘Soft requirements,’ which have emerged in architecture and urban design,...
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Application of BN in Risk Diagnostics Arising from the Degree of Urban Regeneration Area Degradation
PublicationUrban regeneration as a complex project, generates many extremely specific threats affecting the increase of investment risk. Its unique nature causes that probability parameter, normally applied in the process of risk quantification, is extremely difficult to estimate. Due to lack of historical data urban regeneration related activities are therefore associated with uncertainty. According to the authors, a useful tool for resolving...
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Places of worship, spiritual healing and urban regeneration
PublicationMany researchers demonstrated that it is possible to help people achieve mental and physical regeneration with proper architecture, urban and landscape planning. The term therapeutic landscapes could also be applied to places of worship, where people gather for spiritual healing and renewal. Public space that they offer is inclusively open to all. Addition- ally, they serve to reinvigorate the places where they are located. Shrines...
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Application of Bayesian Networks in risk diagnostics arising from the degree of urban regeneration area degradation
PublicationUrban regeneration as a complex project, generates many extremely specific threats affecting the increase of investment risk. Its unique nature causes that probability parameter, normally applied in the process of risk quantification, is extremely difficult to estimate. Due to lack of historical data urban regeneration related activities are therefore associated with uncertainty. According to the authors, a useful tool for resolving...
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Social change: from the Solidarity y tmovement too urban movements -– a Design Thinking approach in co-producing city of Gdansk
PublicationThis paper presents a model of bottom-up revitalization of Gdansk's urban quarter using Design Thinking approach as users needs oriented method co-producing of space. This project is introduced as a possible canva to elaborate the model of intervention for other spaces in need of similar intervention.
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Elective Project II: COWORKING SPACE - CREATIVE CONTEST FOR ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS
e-Learning CoursesAs part of the elective seminar, students working in groups of 3will prepare architectural and lighting concept for aninternational competition: "COWORKING SPACE” – a place forpeople who appreciate working in a creative atmosphere.The competition is organized by the Polish Association ofLighting Industry in cooperation with the Agencja SOMA – theorganizer of the International Trade Show Light, and the Silesianstudios: Goczołowie...
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Zmiany przestrzenne w miastach wywołane pandemią COVID-19 a przestrzenny wymiar rewitalizacji.
PublicationThe COVID-19 pandemic affects every aspect of the modern world on a global and local scale. Part of the fight against the virus was, among other things, limiting the possibility of movement. In cities, this has resulted in a focus on the spatial aspects of the urbanized environment. The article aims to analyse spontaneous actions taken in cities to mitigate the effects of a pandemic concerning strategic activities...
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Potential for ITS/ICT Solutions in Urban Freight Management
PublicationThe article presents a study on applying ITS solutions in planning and management of urban freight transport in Gdynia. The traffic management system Tristar which is under implementation and its related systems show a potential to assist in development of freight transport measures. Recommendations for urban freight policy development supplementing Gdynia's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan were used as a basis for identification...
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Architectural and Urban Project I 2023/24
e-Learning CoursesOLD CITY GDANSK - CONNECTING SPACE Every year the main goal of the I-st Master degree semester is to learn the ways of architectural and urban revitalization of existing urban spaces that require it by implementing specific design activities - combining and redefining space, architectural recycling, mixing functions, etc. This year, the design studio course is in the students’ competition form organized with Gdansk City Authorities....
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City and Urbanity in the Social Discourse
PublicationThe aim of our article is an attempt to present the concept of urbanity that has been shaped throughout centuries along with the development of European civilisation and now entered a new phase of social production of space based on cultural dimensions. The future of the majority of World’s population is connected currently with the urban life with the assumption that qualitative characteristics of life in the 21st century define...
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Participatory projects in urban area – opportunities and limitations on the example of 2013 Podwórkowa Rewolucja
PublicationParticipatory projects implemented in urban space have a group of supporters and opponents. The aim of this article is to define the possibilities and limitations of this type of spatial activities on the example of the 2013 Podwórkowej rewolucji in the development of the Edukacja obywatelska w działaniu project in cooperation with the Social Innovation Foundation and its Neighborhood House - the Gościna Przystań, where the inhabitants...
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URBAN MENTORING JAKO NOWA TECHNIKA WPRÓŁPRACY W PROCESIE PLANOWANIA PARTCYPACYJNEGO
PublicationW 25 lat od powrotu demokracji opierającej się o neoliberalny paradygmat rozwoju kraju, Polska przyjęła Krajową Politykę Miejską 2030. Wraz z ustawą o rewitalizacji w nowoczesny sposób określa ona pole współpracy władz samorządowych i administracji z mieszkańcami, przejście do drugiej fazy rozwoju społeczeństwa demokratycznego – mieszkańców współgospodarzy przestrzeni miast. Powolna ewolucja tej relacji, silnie obarczonej dziedzictwem...
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The potential of computational methods for the categorization of architectural objects on the example of media architecture
PublicationThe paper presents an example of the categorization of architectural objects and assessment of the characteristics of urban space, based on the analysis of specific features of architectural objects and urban landscape. The conducted analysis refers to media architecture and is presented in the complex context of the development of media solutions. The field of influence of IT on architecture is also stressed, both on the architect’s...
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IN SEARCH OF A NEW EXHIBITION SPACE
PublicationThe buildings considered as raising the prestige and promoting cities are those related to culture. Their impact on urban life is undeniable, which is reflected in a continuous increase in the number of new museum buildings. Apart from places intrinsically linked with culture, which, as such, may be considered as standard - like museum, theatres or galleries - there also appear alternative places of development and promotion of...
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City walk: a didactic innovative experiment in architectural education
PublicationWalking is an activity that involves studying physical space and requires careful observation to be immersed in the surrounding reality. City walks are popular ways of encountering an urban space, spatial relation, its history, and recognising the problems and needs of space users, as well as future development of the city. City walks also may be educationally p owerful: the exploration of certain...
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Is it possible to create a unified urban greenery management system (UGMS) on a national scale? The concept for EU Member State of Poland
PublicationMotives: Currently developed urban greenery management systems (UGMS) are limited in scope and profiled towards solving particular issues. Moreover, due to the lack of common standards and solutions, UGMS implementation requires considerable financial effort, which is only feasible for wealthy urban centres. There is a need for universal, cost-effective technological solutions which could constitute a common urban green infrastructure...
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Contemporary issues in production and utilisation of the common urban areas
PublicationThis paper deals with issues in production and utilization of common urban areas within contemporary cities. Therefore, the main focus of it was put on the analysis of the possible models of development of spaces in the context of changing socio-economic environment of cities and evolution of their structure. This issue is discussed also in light of the changing definition of the contemporary public space, which no longer resembles...
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Revitalisation - Architectural and urban project ORUNIA UPDATE Grupa K. Piątkowska, J. Martyniuk Pęczek 2021/22
e-Learning CoursesORUNIA - UPDATE - architectural and urban revitalization of Orunia areas in the area of Sandomierska, Równa, Głuche and Przy Torze Streets. Creation of a new, multi-functional city space. Development of a master plan for a district indicated by the city that requires the development of a revitalization strategy, designing a new architectural and urban structure with a complex function, development of a selected fragment of...
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A framework for Air Quality Management Zones - Useful GIS-based tool for urban planning: Case studies in Antwerp and Gdańsk
PublicationThere is a growing recognition of the importance of proper urban design in the improvement of air flow and pollution dispersion and in reducing human exposure to air pollution. However, a limited number of studies have been published so far focusing on the development of standard procedures which could be applied by urban planners to effectively evaluate urban conditions with respect to air quality. To fill this gap, a new approach...
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NEIGHBOURHOOD SPORT AS A TOOL OF URBAN REGENERATION - A WARSAW CASE STUDY
PublicationThere are many connections between sport and urban regeneration. They can be observed while organizing top-down projects, such as sporting mega-events. But sport and urban renewal can also be linked within bottom-up sport initiatives, ones that relate mostly to physical recreation or sport for all. The main goals of physical activity is caring for health, improving fitness, practicing hobbies, and achieving social integration....
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„Space, architecture and infrastructure “in-between cities”.
PublicationThe article presents contemporary city problems, like division of the city, infrastructural barriers, empty spaces, chaotic development, cuting-off areas, threatening the city image and functioning. These problems can be best observed in the areas in-between cities. One of the main questions for urban planners and architects seems thus to be: how to connect the city spaces instead of creating the barriers, how to create the areas...
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PUBLIC SPACES FOR LOCAL LIFE / Shared values in diversified urban communities as a foundation for participatory provision of local public spaces, 23-27 May 2017, Ljubljana Slovenia
PublicationThe Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS) and partners hosted a 5-day international event addressing participatory planning of local urban public space in socially, economically and ethnically diverse communities. The event was structured in three interrelated activities: a seminar, a workshop and a field-trip. Special emphasis was given to the means of revealing shared values that local inhabitants and other...
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DOP and Pseudorange Error Estimation in Urban Environments for Mobile Android GNSS Applications
PublicationJust a couple of years ago, GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) were available only for a narrow group of users. Currently, with the outbreak of mobile devices, they are accessible to anyone and everywhere. Urban navigation or searching for POIs (Points of Interest) had become an everyday activity. With the availability of consumer electronics and wireless technologies, each user can obtain information considering his or...