Local positioning systems : LBS applications and services /

Local Positioning Systems: LBS Applications and Services explores the possible approaches and technologies to location problems including people and asset tracking, mobile resource management, public safety, and handset location-based services. The book examines several indoor positioning systems, p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kolodziej, Krzysztof W.
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Hjelm, Johan
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Subjects:	Automatic tracking. Buildings. Electric annunciators. Electronic surveillance. Geographic information systems. Mobile robots. Radio direction finders. Geographic Information Systems Annonciateurs électriques. Poursuite automatique. Radiogoniomètres. Constructions. Surveillance électronique. Systèmes d'information géographique. Robots mobiles. architecture (object genre) geographic information systems. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical. Automatic tracking Buildings Electric annunciators Electronic surveillance Geographic information systems Mobile robots Radio direction finders Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Front Cover; Foreword; Preface; The Authors; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; 1. The Three L's: Location, Location, Location; 2. Preconditions and Frameworks for LBS Development; 3. Infrastructure; 4. Sensor Systems for Indoor Position Computation; 5. Location Awareness and Navigation in Location-Based Systems; 6. Existing Indoor Location Systems: How They Work; 7. Modeling Location; 8. Service Deployment; 9. Privacy Concerns and Methods for Safeguarding Privacy; 10. Development and Deployment of Indoor Location-Based Services; 11. Standards; Index.