Creating Location Services for the Wireless Web
Professional Developer's Guide
Published on 13. May 2003
448 pages
978-0-471-45806-7 (ISBN)
Description
The first guide to developing user location applications
You are walking down a street and suddenly, your cell phone displayflashes the news that you are 70 feet from a Starbuck's and thatyou are entitled to a dollar off your next purchase. You have justwitnessed an example of user location services, one of the excitingnew generations of cell phone and handheld services. This bookdescribes the architecture and operation of this technology. Italso familiarizes readers with the new location servicesdevelopment standard, shows how to programming with GIS, providesGUI design guidelines, and uses real-world examples to teachvaluable lessons on how to successfully develop and deploy userlocation applications for the wireless Web.
CD-ROM contains a host of tools for developing positioning andlocation services.
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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.
