Location-based information systems : developing real-time tracking applications /

"The book provides a comprehensive introduction to developing location-based information systems based on GPS-enabled cellular phones. It describes all of the components needed to develop a location-based information system and provides readers with the opportunity to build an example applicati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Labrador, Miguel A.
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Wightman, Pedro M., Perez, Alfredo Jose
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2011.
Series:Chapman & Hall/CRC computer and information science series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"The book provides a comprehensive introduction to developing location-based information systems based on GPS-enabled cellular phones. It describes all of the components needed to develop a location-based information system and provides readers with the opportunity to build an example application. Chapters cover obtaining a user's location, storing and retrieving data, communicating over a network, Java ME Web services, and visualizing data. In the theoretical chapters, the authors address location provider architectures, the hardware and software architecture of a mobile phone, the Java ME platform, and other important programming aspects for mobile phones"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 259 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255) and index.
ISBN:9781439848555
1439848556
9781466550728
1466550724
9781439848548
1439848548
9780429165672
0429165676