
Creating Location Services for the Wireless Web
Professional Developer's Guide
Johan Hjelm(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 28. March 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 432 pages
978-0-471-40261-9 (ISBN)
Description
The first guide to developing user location applications
You are walking down a street and suddenly, your cell phone display flashes the news that you are 70 feet from a Starbuck's and that you are entitled to a dollar off your next purchase. You have just witnessed an example of user location services, one of the exciting new generations of cell phone and handheld services. This book describes the architecture and operation of this technology. It also familiarizes readers with the new location services development standard, shows how to programming with GIS, provides GUI design guidelines, and uses real-world examples to teach valuable lessons on how to successfully develop and deploy user location applications for the wireless Web.
CD-ROM contains a host of tools for developing positioning and location services.
You are walking down a street and suddenly, your cell phone display flashes the news that you are 70 feet from a Starbuck's and that you are entitled to a dollar off your next purchase. You have just witnessed an example of user location services, one of the exciting new generations of cell phone and handheld services. This book describes the architecture and operation of this technology. It also familiarizes readers with the new location services development standard, shows how to programming with GIS, provides GUI design guidelines, and uses real-world examples to teach valuable lessons on how to successfully develop and deploy user location applications for the wireless Web.
CD-ROM contains a host of tools for developing positioning and location services.
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Series
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 19.1 cm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
801 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-40261-9 (9780471402619)
Schweitzer Classification
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05/2003
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Person
JOHAN HJELM is a senior specialist and project manager in wireless Web projects for Ericsson. He is an internationally recognized scientist, a regular contributor to standards development, and a frequent speaker at conferences. Johan is the author of eleven books on the wireless and metadata space.
Content
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Developing Location-Dependent Services.
Positioning Technologies.
Position Technologies and Coordinate Systems.
APIs and Protocols.
The Application Server.
Providing Databases.
Data Formats for Geography-Related Information.
The User Interface to Location Information Services.
Maps as User Interfaces.
Location-Based Services in Terminals.
Privacy and Location.
Appendix A: Who Does What in Location-Dependent Standards?
Appendix B: XML: An Introduction.
Appendix C: WAP 2: How It Works.
Appendix D: What Is CC/PP?
Glossary.
Acknowledgments.
Developing Location-Dependent Services.
Positioning Technologies.
Position Technologies and Coordinate Systems.
APIs and Protocols.
The Application Server.
Providing Databases.
Data Formats for Geography-Related Information.
The User Interface to Location Information Services.
Maps as User Interfaces.
Location-Based Services in Terminals.
Privacy and Location.
Appendix A: Who Does What in Location-Dependent Standards?
Appendix B: XML: An Introduction.
Appendix C: WAP 2: How It Works.
Appendix D: What Is CC/PP?
Glossary.