Bookmarklets | MOVABLE TYPE Obviously, there is little interest drawn to direction awareness compared to location awareness. It is weird since information about direction could be of interest in numerous contexts. Perhaps direction-based information could be a way to add value to location-based services : the next big thing ?

In both my literature reviews about both socio-cognitive roles of space and awareness tool, I found no paper concerning the topic of direction. However, direction is closely related to position since it is possible to calculate a direction thanks to the two last positions.